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In 1917, the small steamer Swan and, reportedly Urania were transferred to Puget Sound, where they continued to be operated by Anderson Steamboat Company in passenger service to Port Orchard. [16] This is doubtful as to Urania as she burned for a total loss off Houghton on February 12, 1912. [ 17 ]
The Kitsap County Transportation Company was an important steamboat and ferry company that operated on Puget Sound. The company was founded in 1898 as the Hansen Transportation Company . Hansen Transportation
C-G ferry City of Aberdeen: 126726 stern psgr 1891 Aberdeen: 127 38.7 245 138 1907 R [R 22] City of Angeles: 203193 prop ferry 1906 California 125 38.1 1938 D City of Bothell: 127063 prop tug 1894 Seattle 64 19.5 212 111 1920 A City of Bremerton [R 23] 93135 prop ferry 1901 Everett 167 50.9 1945 D City of Denver: 127233 stern psgr 1898 Seattle ...
The first American steamboat on Puget Sound was the sidewheeler Fairy built in San Francisco in 1852. Captain Warren Gove, born in Edgecomb, Maine, in 1816 [4] (one of three Gove brothers involved in early maritime affairs) brought Fairy to Puget Sound on the deck of the bark Sarah Warren and lowered her into the sound on October 31, 1853.
Steamboat safety regulations were strict in theory in 1903, but loosely enforced. Following the sinking, in January 1904, of the Clallam, where a variety of safety rules had been violated, the steamboat inspectors swept through the Puget Sound steamboat fleet, fining sixteen vessels, including Florence K $750, a considerable sum then, for various safety deficiencies.
Hyak was one of the faster vessels on Puget Sound and was a favorite among passengers. [3] Hyak was one of the last of the wooden-hulled steamships of Puget Sound to operate in regular commercial service. From 1935 to 1938 Hyak was owned by the Puget Sound Navigation Company, then the dominant steamboat and ferry company on Puget Sound. [4]
Captain Anderson was a prominent boatbuilder and steamboat operator on Lake Washington, and the Issaquah was the most elaborate vessel he had ever built. Issaquah was the first ferry built by a private owner in the Puget Sound region. Issaquah was also one of the first ferries in the region designed and constructed to transport automobiles. The ...
Steam ferries and steam tugs may be driven by propeller, side or stern wheels, so these categories can overlap. A propeller-driven steamboat ( Virginia V . A side-wheel driven steamboat ( T.J. Potter ).