Summary: | Steel and iron hulled passenger steamer operated by the Alaska Steamship Co. She bested the City of Seattle in a race from Vancouver to Skagway (800 miles) in early May, 1902 (p. 76); temporarily placed on the Seattle-Port Townsend-Victoria run after the sinking of the Clallum on Jan. 8, 1904 (p. 100); sold to South American owners for Chilean coastal service in 1917, then rebuilt as a gunboat for the Chilean government (p. 292). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number
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