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The steamboat ''Acme'' operated on Lake Washington and also on the Sammamish Slough to Bothell, Washington from 1899 to 1910, when it was destroyed by fire. ==Construction and design== ''Acme'' was built in Seattle in 1899 〔 on the Lake Washington shore.〔Newell, Gordon R. ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing, Seattle WA (1966), at pages 49 and 377.〕 The builders were Gustavus V. Johnson (1845-1926) & Son.〔〔(Neill, Edward Duffield, ''History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis'', at page 245. )〕 Gustavus V. Johnson was a Civil War veteran, who had been born in Clayton County, New York and who had established a boat building business on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota.〔〔 * Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., ''Ferryboats -- A Legend on Puget Sound'', Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4, at pages 145-46.〕 He and his son Mark ran one of the earliest boatyards on Lake Washington (established 1888).〔 In addition to ''Acme'', they built vessels such as ''L.T. Haas'' and ''City of Renton''.〔 ''Acme'' was built of wood and was long,〔Newell, Gordon R., ''Ships of the Inland Sea -- The Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats'', Binford & Mort (2d Ed. 1960), at page 203.〕〔 with a beam of and depth of hold of .〔(U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, ''Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States'' (for year ending June 30, 1901) )〕 The overall size of the vessel was 31 gross and 21 registered tons.〔 The official U.S. registry number was 107460.〔 ''Acme'' has been described as a tug.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acme (steamboat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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