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| Title | Ferry "Kitsap of Seattle" at Lake Washington Shipyards, 1926 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1926 |
| Caption | The ferry "Kitsap of Seattle" was designed for the Kitsap Transportation Company, one of the first in Puget Sound to build auto ferries. The ferry operated on the Fauntleroy-Vashon Heights-Harper run beginning in 1926. The vessel was later sold to the Washington State Ferry system. Its career ended in 1967 when it sank on the way to Alaska to become a crab processing plant.
This 1926 photo shows the ferry "Kitsap of Seattle" under construction at the Lake Washington Shipyards in Houghton, Washington. The all-wood "Kitsap" could carry six lines of cars and up to 1, 500 passengers. |
| Subjects | Boat & ship industry; Ferries; Kitsap of Seattle (Ferry); Lake Washington Ship Yards |
| Places | Houghton (Kirkland, Washington); Kirkland (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3200 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 119, 233 |
