The steamboat
L.T. Haas was a vessel that operated on
Lake WashingtonLake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It is bordered by the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south and...
in the first part of the 20th Century.
Construction
L.T. Haas was built in 1902 by G.V. Johnson, who owned an early shipyard on Lake Washington.
Operating career
L.T. Haas , rated at 89 tons, was originally operated by Harry Cade and the Carlson Brothers, who, doing business as the Interlaken Steamship Company, ran her on the Leschi Park-Meydenhauer Bay route. Later Captain John Anderson of Anderson Steamboat Co. acquired
L.T. Haas when he merged the Interlaken concern into his own company.
L.T. Haas was destroyed by fire in 1909 while on the lake.
Historic images from on-line collections of the University of Washington
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