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Sioux (steamship)
''Sioux'' was a steamship which was operated on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca from 1912 to 1941. From 1924 to 1941, following reconstruction, the vessel operated as an auto ferry under the name ''Olympic''. During the Second World War (1941-1945) this vessel was taken under the control of the U.S. Army and renamed the ''Franklin R. Leisenburg''. The ''Liesenburg'' served as a ferry in the Panama Canal area under Army control, and then was sold to a firm which ran the vessel on the Surinam river in South America. Design and construction Following the loss of the nearly-new but wooden steamship ''Clallam'' in 1904, Joshua Green, president of the Puget Sound Navigation Company, owner of the ''Clallam'' and the dominant Puget Sound shipping concern, announced that the company would replace its wooden steamships with ones built of steel. As part of this effort, in 1910, the steel steamers ''Sioux'' and ''Kulshan''. were built nearly simultaneously in Seattle by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puget Sound Navigation Co
The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. Today the company operates an international passenger and vehicle ferry service between Port Angeles, WA and Victoria, BC on the Coho. History In the past, the company operated an entire fleet of steamboats and ferries on Puget Sound in Washington and the Georgia Strait in British Columbia. Known colloquially as the Black Ball Line, the PSNC achieved a "virtual monopoly" on cross-sound traffic in the 1930s and competed with the Canadian Pacific Railway's steamships on several routes. The company's trade name was inspired by the Black Ball Line which began scheduled passenger and freight service in 1818 with four sailing ships between New York and Liverpool.1818-2018: 200 years of Black Ball History, Black Ball Ferry Line, 2018 In 1884, the grandson of one of the founders, Charles Peabody, moved to Port Townsend Washington. Under modified Black Ball flag, he began the Alaska Steamship Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Townsend
Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to its natural scenery at the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula, the city is known for the many Victorian buildings remaining from its late 19th-century heyday, numerous annual cultural events, and as a maritime center for independent boatbuilders and related industries and crafts. The Port Townsend Historic District is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. It is also significantly drier than the surrounding region due to being in the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains, receiving only of rain per year. History The bay was originally named "Port Townshend" by Captain George Vancouver in 1792, for his friend the Marquis of Townshend. It was immediately recognized as a good safe harbor, although strong south winds and poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne (steam Launch)
Daphne (; ; el, Δάφνη, , ), a minor figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but the general narrative, found in Greco-Roman mythology, is that due to a curse made by the fierce wrath of the god Cupid, son of Venus, on the god Apollo (Phoebus), she became the unwilling object of the infatuation of Apollo, who chased her against her wishes. Just before being kissed by him, Daphne invoked her river god father, who transformed her into a laurel tree, thus foiling Apollo. Thenceforth Apollo developed a special reverence for laurel. At the Pythian Games, which were held every four years in Delphi in honour of Apollo, a wreath of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize. Hence it later became customary to award prizes in the form of laurel wreaths to victorious general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranger (steam Launch)
A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands and forests. ** National Park Service ranger, an employee of the National Park Service ** U.S. Forest Service ranger, an employee of the United States Forest Service ** Ranger of Windsor Great Park, a ceremonial office of the United Kingdom * Ranger (character class), a class that appears in many different role-playing games Ranger or Rangers may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Publications * Ranger's Apprentice, a series of novels by John Flanagan * '' Ranger Rick'', a children's nature magazine published by the United States National Wildlife Federation * ''Ranger'' (magazine), a former British comic magazine Fictional entities * Rangers (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero team * Ranger (Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrow (steam Launch)
An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and a slot at the rear end called a nock for engaging the bowstring. A container or bag carrying additional arrows for convenient reloading is called a quiver. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most cultures. A craftsman who makes arrows is a fletcher, and one that makes arrowheads is an arrowsmith.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 56 History The oldest evidence of likely arrowheads, dating to c. 64,000 years ago, were found in Sibudu Cave, current South Africa.Backwell L, d'Errico F, Wadley L.(2008). Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:1566–1580. Backwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alverene (motor Launch)
''Alverene'' was a gasoline launch built in 1912 which operated on northern Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. Design and construction ''Alverene'' was built in 1912 in Everett, Washington, by A.J. Goulette. The vessel was 39 gross tons, 26 registered tons in size, long, with a beam and powered by a Buffalo gasoline engine. Another source gives for the engine in 1915. Different dimensions (60 feet long, beam) in another source. ''Alverene'' was capable of and, at least in 1914, licensed to transport 128 persons, and could easily carry 6 to 8 tons of freight. ''Alverene'' was built to replace the launch '' Ruby Marie'' on the shipping route from Everett to Oak Harbor, Washington.Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at 206, 209, 306, 371, and 591. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Flyer (gasoline Launch)
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges Delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made islands). There are about 900,000 official islands in the world. This number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country. The total number of islands in the world is unknown. There may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted. The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camano (steamboat)
''Camano'' was a steamboat built in 1906 at Coupeville, Washington which operated on Puget Sound from 1906 to 1917. ''Camano'' was later known as ''Tolo''. As ''Tolo'' the vessel was sunk in 1917 as a result of a collision at sea. Four people died as a result. Design and construction ''Camano'' was built by Capt. H.B. Lovejoy, doing business as the Island Transportation Company to run on the Everett – Coupeville, Washington shipping route as a replacement for the sternwheeler ''Fairhaven''. As built, ''Camano'' was longNewell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at 119, 135, 173, 189, 209 and 293. In 1910, ''Camano'' was rebuilt, after which the vessel had the following dimensions: , beam, and depth of hold. The vessel was kept on the Everett-Coupeville route however. In 1911, when the steamer ''Calista'' was built for Island Transportation Co., at Dockton, Washington, ''Camano'' towed the new steamer to Seattle for completion. Operations From 1906 to 1912 ''Camano'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engine Room Telegraph
An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., also referred to as a Chadburn, is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed. Construction In early vessels, from the 19th century until about 1950, the device usually consisted of a round dial about in diameter with a knob at the center attached to one or more handles, and an indicator pointer on the face of the dial. There would also be a revolutions per minute indicator, worked by a hand crank. Modern EOTs on vessels which still use them use electronic light and sound signals. Operation Traditional E.O.T.s required a pilot wanting to change speed to "ring" the telegraph on the bridge, moving the handle to a different position on the dial. This would ring a bell in the engine room and move their pointer to the position on the dial selected by the bridge. The engineers hear the bell and move their handle to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Washington Ship Canal
The Lake Washington Ship Canal, which runs through the city of Seattle, connects the fresh water body of Lake Washington with the salt water inland sea of Puget Sound. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks accommodate the approximately difference in water level between Lake Washington and the sound. The canal runs east–west and connects Union Bay, the Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, the Fremont Cut, Salmon Bay, and Shilshole Bay, which is part of the sound. History The ship canal project began in 1911 and was officially completed in 1934. Prior to construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, otherwise known as the Salmon Bay Waterway, water used to exit Lake Washington via the Black River which flowed from the south end of Lake Washington into the Duwamish River. As early as 1854, there was discussion of building a navigable connection between Lake Washington and Puget Sound for the purpose of transporting logs, milled lumber, and fishing vessels. Thirteen years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyer (steamboat 1891)
''Flyer'' was an American steamboat that served from 1891 to 1929 on Puget Sound. From 1918 until the end of her service, she was officially known as the ''Washington''. The ''Flyer'' ran for millions of miles at high speed, more than any inland vessel in the world.Newell, Gordon R., ''Ships of the Inland Sea'', at 2, 40, 112-15, 155-56 Binford and Mort, Portland, OR (2d Ed. 1960) This 1891 steamer ''Flyer'' should not be confused with the steamboat ''Flyer'' built on Lake Coeur d'Alene in 1905, although the Coeur d'Alene vessel was inspired both in design and name by the success of the Puget Sound ship.Hult, Ruby El, ''Steamboats in the Timber'', Binfords and Mort, Portland, OR (2nd Ed. 1952) Design and construction ''Flyer'' was the first vessel ordered by the Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Company, a concern formed by Capt. U.B. Scott and others, which already controlled the fast sternwheeler ''Telephone'' on the Columbia River, and on Puget Sound, the then new and fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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