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San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

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San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

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Summary

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry left in the United States. The vessel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 7, 1971.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N460
Survey number: HAER WA-17
Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000876

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Lebovich, Bob, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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