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Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington.It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands.
The Seattle Great Wheel is a 53-meter tall giant Ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington, United States. At an overall height of 175 feet (53.3 m), it was the tallest Ferris wheel on the West Coast of the United States when it opened in June 2012.
Kitsap Fast Ferries is a passenger ferry service operating between Seattle and Kitsap County in the U.S. state of Washington.It is funded and operated by Kitsap Transit and began service in July 2017, with a single boat traveling between Seattle and Bremerton.
Motor Vessel Kalakala (pronounced / k ə ˈ l ɑː k ə ˌ l ɑː /) [1] was a ferry that operated on Puget Sound from 1935 until her retirement in 1967.. MV Kalakala was notable for her unique streamlined superstructure, art deco styling, and luxurious amenities.
It burned with most of the rest of the city in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, but was quickly rebuilt. [2] [3] In 1908, Colman extended the dock to a total length of 705 feet (215 m) [4] and added a domed waiting room and a 72-foot (22 m) clocktower. This expansion was designed by the Seattle architectural firm Beezer Brothers. [5]
Fairy was the first steamboat on Puget Sound to have a formal schedule, published for the first time on November 12, 1853, in the Columbian newspaper of Olympia. The "splendid steamer" Fairy, as she was advertised, was supposed to make two trips a week between Olympia and Steilacoom, and one trip a week from Olympia to Seattle. Fares were high ...
The Jumbo Mark II-class ferries are a series of ferries built for Washington State Ferries (WSF) between 1997 and 1999, at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle.Each ferry can carry up to 2,500 passengers and 202 vehicles, making them the largest ferries in the fleet, and the second longest double-ended ferries in the world. [1]
King County Water Taxi at Seattle's Pier 50 in 2010. In April 2009, the West Seattle route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi. [14] Later that year, on September 28, 2009, the Vashon Island/Downtown Seattle route was transferred from Washington State Ferries and became the second King County Water Taxi ...