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A 42-ton triple-expansion steam engine from the steam schooner Wapama survives as the largest artifact rescued before her demolition in 2013. Wapama sailed on the West Coast from 1915 to 1947 and was the last of about 225 steam schooners that transported lumber from the Pacific Northwest to California ports. Built about 1915 by Main Iron Works, the ship had two oil-fired, water tube boilers powering a single propeller, developed 800 ihp, and made 10 knots.
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