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The Edmonds–Kingston ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between Edmonds and Kingston, Washington. Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry system, currently the largest ferry system in the United States. The last regularly operated steam ferry on the West Coast of the United States ...
MV Puyallup is a Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.This ferry and her two sisters are the largest in the fleet. Puyallup is normally assigned to the Edmonds–Kingston route, [1] although she is often reassigned to the Seattle–Bainbridge Island route whenever either of her sisters assigned to that route are out of service.
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
The Washington State Ferries system was created in 1951 from the state government's acquisition of a private firm. It operates large automobile ferries on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. The agency also operated passenger ferries from 1986 to 2006, but was later prohibited from operating passenger-only routes. [3]
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The MV Spokane is a Jumbo-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. She was built in 1972 by the Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Washington, for the Seattle–Bainbridge route. The ship remained assigned there until the construction of the Jumbo Mark-II class in the late 1990s displaced her to the Edmonds–Kingston route, where she has ...
The Jumbo class MV Spokane serving the Edmonds–Kingston route in 2008.. SR 104 was established during the 1964 state highway renumbering as the successor to several state highways: SSH 9E between Discovery Bay and Port Gamble, PSH 21 between Port Gamble and Kingston, SSH 1W in Edmonds, and SSH 2B between Edmonds and Lake Forest Park.
Upon the delivery of the Super-class ferries in 1968, the Tillikum was moved to the Edmonds-Kingston run where it remained until approximately 1980. After being displaced by the Issaquah -class ferry Chelan in the early 1980s, the Tillikum spent roughly a decade as a relief boat before settling on the Fauntleroy - Vashon - Southworth run in the ...