Straits Steamship Company
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| Industry | Shipping |
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| Founded | (July 1, 1894) |
Area served | Strait of Juan de Fuca, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound |
Key people | James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L. Horn. |
The Straits Steamship Company was a shipping firm that operated steamships on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Formation
[edit]The company was formed on July 1, 1894, by Capt. James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L. Horn.[1]
Operations
[edit]The company operated the steamships Willapa and Garland on the route from Seattle to Neah Bay, and the Evangel on the route Seattle – Port Townsend – Port Angeles – Dungeness – Victoria.[1] In the first decade of the 1900s the company provided service to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.[2]
The company also owned the steamship, SS Hong Chuen, which was sunk at the beginning of World War II.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1995), at page 278.
- ^ Vouri, Friday Harbor, at page 61.
References
[edit]- Newell, Gordon, R., ed. H.W. McCurdy Maritime History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing 1966.
- Vouri, Mike, Vouri, Julia, San Juan Historical Society, Friday Harbor, Arcadia Publishing (1909) ISBN 0-7385-5869-9
- Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1995)
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