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Lake Washington steamboats and ferries operated from about 1875 to 1951, transporting passengers, vehicles and freight across Lake Washington, a large lake to the east of Seattle, Washington. Before modern highways and bridges were built, the only means of crossing the lake, other than the traditional canoe or rowboat, was by steamboat, and ...
Ferry service was critical to Lake Washington communities. Real estate interests, trying to sell land on the east side of Lake Washington, [9] and agricultural interests, shipping food from the east side to Seattle, were particularly forceful in their desire for lower rates. The Port Commission of Seattle, newly established in September 1911 ...
The city of Kirkland then took over operation of the ferry, with King County maintaining the two terminals at Madison Park and Kirkland. Leschi remained in service on Lake Washington until 1950. The ferry was then transferred to the Vashon – Fauntleroy and the Mukilteo ferry routes. [2] [5] In 1951 the then new Washington State Ferry system ...
Sechelt was an American steamship which operated from 1893 to 1911 on Lake Washington, Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia, mostly as a passenger ferry with routes between Washington state and British Columbia. For most of her career, she was called Hattie Hansen. [2]
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 ...
March 31, 1906, at Leschi, on Lake Washington: General characteristics; Type: inland steamship; auto ferry: Tonnage: 81: Length: 106.9 ft (32.6 m) Installed power: compound steam engine built at Seattle Machine Works: Notes: Reconstructed as auto ferry in 1919.
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Elfin was built at Pontiac, on the north side of Sand Point, on Lake Washington in 1891. The vessel was 54.5 feet (16.61 m) [1] ( or 60 feet (18.29 m)) [2]) long, with a beam of 13.5 feet (4.11 m). Power was provided by a two-cylinder compound steam engine. The builder was Edward.F. Lee.