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28 December 2022

WRECK; GLEANER ~~ 1940

GLEANER

O.N. 204548
422 G.t. / 408 N.t. Sternwheeler
Built 1907, Stanwood, WA.
Aground 6 December 1940.
Owned by Skagit River Trading and Navigation Co.


GLEANER

Skagit River sandbar, 1940
Photographer unknown.
Original photo from the archives of the S.P.H.S.©

"No more bends in the river for the abandoned Skagit River sternwheeler GLEANER that ran afoul of a sandspit at the north fork of the river on 6 December 1940. Lying upstream from the North Fork Bridge, the steamer had her machinery and fittings removed. She operated between Seattle and Mt. Vernon. 

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