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SS Catalina, also known as The Great White Steamer, was a 301-foot steamship built in 1924 that provided passenger service on the 26-mile passage between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island from 1924 to 1975. According to the Steamship Historical Society of America, Catalina carried more passengers than any other vessel anywhere.
Its steamships regularly sailed from Seattle to SE Alaska before and after the Klondike Gold Rush. The City of Topeka did a 22-day round trip between Seattle and Skagway, stopping in Port Townsend, Victoria, Mary Island, Wrangell, and Juneau. In 1906, Pacific Coast's SS Valencia was lost after running aground on the rocky shore of Vancouver ...
650 passengers, 192 cars Princess Marguerite , Princess Marguerite II , and Princess Marguerite III was a series of Canadian coastal passenger vessels that operated along the west coast of British Columbia and into Puget Sound in Washington state almost continuously from 1925 to 1999.
After arrival in Los Angeles both ships were to undergo a $1,000,000 repair and alteration program. [8] On August 24 the merger with the Los Angeles Pacific Navigation Company was announced and the size of the fleet was increased to 6. [9] A new $100,000 terminal next to Shed 1, Pier A was built for the daily service between San Pedro and San ...
Puget Sound and the many adjacent waterways, inlets, and bays form a natural transportation route for much of the western part of Washington. For navigation purposes, Puget Sound was sometimes divided into the "upper Sound" referring to the waters south of the Tacoma Narrows, and the lower sound, referring to the waters from the Tacoma Narrows north to Admiralty Inlet.
Two giant rocket motors required to display the retired NASA space shuttle Endeavour as if it's about to blast off arrived Wednesday at a Los Angeles museum, completing their long journey from the ...
The first of the SS range of cars available to the public was the 1932 SS 1 with 2-litre or 2½-litre side-valve, six-cylinder engine and the SS 2 with a four-cylinder 1-litre side-valve engine. Initially available as coupé or tourer a saloon was added in 1934, when the chassis was modified to be 2 inches (50 mm) wider.
NASCAR Sonoma TV schedule, start time for Toyota/Save Mart 350 Green Flag Time: Approx. 2:30 p.m. CT on Sunday, June 9 (prerace coverage begins at 2 p.m. CT Sunday) Track: Sonoma Raceway (1.99 ...