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Dawn (1914 Ship)
''Dawn'' was a wooden passenger ferry on Lake Washington in the early part of the twentieth century. Construction ''Dawn'' was built by the Anderson Steamboat Company to replace ''Urania'', which burned to the waterline in February 1914. She was built at the Anderson Shipyard in Houghton, Washington and launched in June 1914. The ship was long, with a beam of . She displaced 70 gross tons and 48 net tons. Her engine and boiler were reused from Anderson's steamer ''Xanthus''. The oil-fired steam engine produced 120 horsepower. The ship cost $7,500 to build. Operations Shortly after her launch, ''Dawn'' replaced ''Triton'' on its route from Leschi Park to Medina and Bellevue. Anderson Steamboat Company made this substitution without obtaining a permit from the Port Commission of Seattle. The Commission cancelled ''Triton's'' permit in response. For most of the remainder of ''Dawn's'' career she sailed from Leschi Park to several landings on the west side of Mercer I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson Shipyard
Lake Washington Shipyards was a shipyard in the northwest United States, located in Houghton, Washington (today Kirkland) on the shore of Lake Washington, east of Seattle. Today, the shipyards are the site of the lakeside Carillon Point business park. The shipyards built many civilian and U.S. Navy ships. History Lake Washington Shipyard was founded in the 19th century as the Anderson Shipyard. This shipyard specialized in the construction of wooden tugs and ferries. In 1923, Anderson Shipyard was bought by Charles Burckardt and renamed Lake Washington Shipyards. The new shipyard converted to steel shipbuilding. During World War II, its workforce grew to 9,000 employees and it was a major repairer of small ships as well as a builder. Lake Washington Shipyards closed in 1960s and today, the commercial/residential development at Carillon Point occupies the site of the former shipyard. Ships built here Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyards include (with launch dates). Many o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shriners
Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American Masonic society established in 1870 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Shriners International describes itself as a fraternity based on fun, fellowship, and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. There are approximately 350,000 members from 196 temples (chapters) in the US, Canada, Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, Europe, and Australia. The organization is best known for the Shriners Hospitals for Children that it administers, and the red fezzes that members wear. The organization was previously known as "Shriners North America". The name was changed in 2010 across North America, Central America, South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. History In 1870, there were several thousand Freemasons in Manhattan, many of whom lunched at the Knickerbocker Cottage at a special table on the second floor. There, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamboats Of Lake Washington
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, later, by ferry. While there was no easily navigable connection to Puget Sound, the Lake Washington Ship Canal now connects Lake Washington to Lake Union, and from there Puget Sound is reached by way of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. Beginnings In the 1870s the sternwheeler '' Lena C. Gray'' was built in Seattle, and operated on Lake Washington most of the time, towing barges. In about 1886, Edward F. Lee established a shipyard on the west side Lake Washington. The Lee yard is believed to have built the following ships that worked Lake Washington and Puget Sound: the small steam scow '' Squak'', '' Laura Maud'', ''Elfin'', ''Hattie Hansen' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta (1908 Steamboat)
''Atlanta'' was a steamboat built in 1908 at Houghton, Washington which served on Lake Washington and Puget Sound until 1938, when it was converted into a diesel-powered houseboat. Construction ''Atlanta'', launched May 28, 1908, was the first vessel built at the Houghton shipyard after it had been taken over by Captain John L. Anderson from its former owners, Captains George Bartsch and Harry Tompkins, and renaming it the Anderson Shipyard before it was later renamed to Lake Washington Shipyard. This process had begun in 1906 at the suggest of Jacob Furth, a banker who had also financed the La Conner Trading and Transportation Company.Kline and Bayless, ''Ferryboats'', at pages 147-48. ''Atlanta'' was built entirely of wood. The vessel and was long, beam, and was 87 gross tons and 59 registered tons in overall size. ''Atlanta'' was equipped with a double expansion compound steam engine, with cylinder dimensions of and with stroke of , generating .Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquilo (steamboat)
The steamboat ''Aquilo'' operated on Lake Washington and Puget Sound in the first part of the 20th century. Construction ''Aquilo'' was built by Captain John Anderson at Anderson Shipyard as part of his fleet of steamboats on Lake Washington, operating under the name of the Anderson Steamboat Company. She was launched on May 22, 1909. She was christened by Miss Ethel Meek. "Aquilo" was the Roman name for their god of the northwind. (Captain Anderson named his vessels after classical gods, starting with ''Xanthus'' and ''Cyrene.'') The vessel is reported to have been acquired by Anderson Steamboat Company at a cost of $20,000 in April 1909. Operation Publicly owned ferries operating on Lake Washington ran Captain Anderson out of the steamboat business by about the time of the First World War, and he sold his interest in the Anderson Steamboat Company. In 1920 ferry services across Elliott Bay from Seattle to West Seattle were terminated by King County which had been operating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortuna (steamboat)
The steamboat ''Fortuna'' was a vessel that operated on Lake Washington in the first part of the 20th century. Construction ''Fortuna'' was built in 1904 at a shipyard on the west side of Lake Washington two blocks south of Leschi Park. She was 106.9 feet in length overall, and rated at 81 tons. The vessel is reported to have been acquired by Anderson Steamboat Company at a cost $31,500 in December 1906. ''Fortuna'' was built for Captain John Anderson to join his fleet of steamboats on Lake Washington, operating under the name of the Anderson Steamboat Company. Anderson at that point may have been operating in partnership with the Seattle Street Railway. ''Fortuna'' had compound engines that had been built at Seattle Machine Works.Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', at 119 and 388, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966 ''Fortuna'' was launched on March 31, 1906. She was christened by Miss Daisy Johnson, the 13-year old daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King County, Washington
King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Washington, and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, also the state's most populous city. King County is one of three Washington counties that are included in the Seattle–Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma–Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Seattle metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area. (The others are Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish County to the north, and Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County to the south.) About two-thirds of King County's population lives in Seattle's suburbs. History When Europeans arrived in the region that would become King County, it was inhabited by several Coast Salish groups. Villages around the site that would become Seattle were primarily populated by the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issaquah (steam Ferry)
''Issaquah'' was a steam ferry built in 1914 that operated on Lake Washington and in San Francisco Bay. Design and construction ''Issaquah'' was built in 1914 by John L. Anderson (shipbuilder), Capt. John L. Anderson at his Lake Washington Shipyard, shipyard on Lake Washington at Houghton, Washington. On launching, ''Issaquah'' slid down the shipway and then became stuck in the mud, and had to be towed off.Issaquah Historical Society, ''Issaquah Ferry Chronology'' (accessed 05-19-11). The vessel is reported to have been acquired by Anderson Steamboat Company at a cost of $33,571 in May, 1914. Her steam engines were manufactured by Seattle Machine Works. They had two cylinders, with bores of and , and a stroke of . Captain Anderson was a prominent boatbuilder and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leschi (steam Ferry)
''Leschi'' was a steam ferry that operated on Lake Washington from 1913 to 1950, and afterwards on Puget Sound until 1967. From 1969 to 1986 the vessel was a floating cannery in Alaska. Career The first ship ever commissioned by the Seattle Port Commission, and the first automobile ferry in Western Washington, ''Leschi'' was originally built as a side-wheel ferry by the Seattle firm of J. F. Duthie & Company. The paddle wheels were designed to give less water resistance by "feathering" which allowed the vessel to move faster through the water.Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) Leschi Ferry Photograph Album Collection (accessed 05-20-11) Contains capsule history of ''Leschi'' and guide to 1913 photographs of the vessel (Collection No. 606). The steel hull was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John L
John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Island, Washington
Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to its east. Mercer Island is connected to the mainland on both sides by bridges carrying Interstate 90, with the city of Seattle to the west and the city of Bellevue to the east. The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and the parallel Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge are floating bridges that span Lake Washington and carry, respectively, eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 90 and connect Mercer Island to the northern portion of Seattle's South End. I-90 traverses the northern portion of Mercer Island and is then carried from the island to Bellevue over the East Channel of Lake Washington by the East Channel Bridge. Mercer Island is located closer to Bellevue than it is to Seattle, and is therefore often considered to be part of Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Washington
Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south and Kenmore on the north, and encloses Mercer Island. The lake is fed by the Sammamish River at its north end and the Cedar River at its south. Lake Washington received its present name in 1854 after Thomas Mercer suggested it be named after George Washington, as the new Washington Territory had been named the year before. Earlier names for the lake include the Duwamish name ''Xacuabš'' (Lushootseed: literally "''xacu''" ''great-amount-of-water + "abš" people''), which referred to peoples who stayed along the coastline of Lake Washington, as well as Lake Geneva by Isaac N. Ebey; Lake Duwamish in railroad surveys under Governor Isaac Stevens; At-sar-kal in a map sketched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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