Steamship SPOKANE in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1907
The finest vessel yet to fly the houseflag of the Pacific Coast steamship co. appeared in 1902 with the completion at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, of the steamship SPOKANE, especially designed for the growing Alaska tourist excursion trade which had developed as a result of the international att...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:transportation/626 2023-05-15T16:20:07+02:00 Steamship SPOKANE in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1907 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska--Glacier Bay 1907 Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2001. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/626 unknown Transportation Collection TRA692 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/626 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Ships Subject File Collection. Ph Coll 1290 Spokane (Steamship) Passenger ships--Alaska--Glacier Bay Ice floes--Alaska--Glacier Bay Glacier Bay (Alaska) Photograph; image 1907 ftuwashingtonlib 2021-01-16T23:54:24Z The finest vessel yet to fly the houseflag of the Pacific Coast steamship co. appeared in 1902 with the completion at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, of the steamship SPOKANE, especially designed for the growing Alaska tourist excursion trade which had developed as a result of the international attention focused on that territory by the recent gold finds in the Klondike, at Cape Nome, Copper River and in other areas. The SPOKANE was a steel, single-screw vessel of 2,277 tons. She was fitted out to carry 171 first-class passengers in most comfortable accommodations. In addition, she had facilities for 100 in steerage, for even though she was designed primarily for the excursion trade, the heavy seasonal movement of cannery workers to the north made the transportation of steerage passengers a profitable segment of steamship operation on the North Pacific. (pg. 79) 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 Other/Unknown Material glacier Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Glacier Bay Newell ENVELOPE(-59.533,-59.533,-62.333,-62.333) Pacific |
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The finest vessel yet to fly the houseflag of the Pacific Coast steamship co. appeared in 1902 with the completion at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, of the steamship SPOKANE, especially designed for the growing Alaska tourist excursion trade which had developed as a result of the international attention focused on that territory by the recent gold finds in the Klondike, at Cape Nome, Copper River and in other areas. The SPOKANE was a steel, single-screw vessel of 2,277 tons. She was fitted out to carry 171 first-class passengers in most comfortable accommodations. In addition, she had facilities for 100 in steerage, for even though she was designed primarily for the excursion trade, the heavy seasonal movement of cannery workers to the north made the transportation of steerage passengers a profitable segment of steamship operation on the North Pacific. (pg. 79) 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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Steamship SPOKANE in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1907 |
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Steamship SPOKANE in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1907 |
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Steamship SPOKANE in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1907 |
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