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Item Title
San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA
LocationSouth end of Lake Union,
Seattle, WA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER WA-17
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N460).
Building/structure dates:
1922 initial construction
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.
Subjects
FerriesNavigation
Related Names
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Lebovich, Bob, Historian
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Port and stern
2. Port
3. Stern and partial view of starboard
4. Partial view of stern deck and upper structure
5. Close-up view of stairs of stern deck visible in WA-17-4
6. Bow and starboard
7. Mid deck at bow
8. Upper deck towards bow, showing wheelhouse
9. Upper deck at wheelhouse, starboard side
10. Upper deck looking towards stern
11. Interior major waiting room
12. Interior, small waiting room, port side
13. Interior, galley and bar
14. EXTERIOR VIEW OF SAN MATEO MOORED AT THE NAVAL RESERVE CENTER, SEATTLE, JULY 1991, FACING NORTHEAST.
15. EXTERIOR VIEW OF SAN MATEO MOORED AT THE NAVAL RESERVE CENTER, SEATTLE, JULY 1991, FACING WEST.
16. VIEW OF VEHICLE DECK LOOKING FROM NUMBER 2 END.
17. VIEW OF VEHICLE DECK LOOKING FROM NUMBER 2 END.
18. VIEW OF LADDER FROM VEHICLE DECK TO PASSENGER DECK NUMBER 2 END.
19. VIEW OF NUMBER 2 END PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.
20. VIEW OF GALLEY BAR FRONT WITH BRASS FOOT RAIL LOCATED ON PASSENGER DECK.
21. VIEW OF PASSENGER COMPARTMENT LOOKING FROM NUMBER 2 END.
22. VIEW OF PILOT HOUSE WITH CAPTAIN'S SLEEPING ROOM NUMBER 1 END.
23. VIEW OF INTERIOR PILOT HOUSE NUMBER 1 END.
24. VIEW OF BURNER FRONT IN BOILER ROOM.
25. VIEW OF STEAM CONDENSER LOCATED ON ENGINE ROOM UPPER LEVEL.
26. VIEW OF ENGINE ORDER TELEGRAPH LOCATED IN ENGINE ROOM LOWER LEVEL LOOKING FROM NUMBER 1 END.
27. VIEW OF CRANK SHAFTS FROM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE CONNECTED TO THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED IN ENGINE ROOM CLOSEST CRANK IS IN THE UP POSITION. VIEW IS FROM NUMBER 2 END.
28. VIEW OF MAIN SHAFT SPRING BEARING SUPPORTING MAIN SHAFT.
29. BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP, LTD. UNION PLANT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. INBOARD PROFILE, SHEET NUMBER H-5314-11-10. Drawn by A.E. Wilson, undated.
30. BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP, LTD. UNION PLANT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. MIDSHIP SECTION, SHEET NUMBER H-5314-11-2. Drawn by H.A. Lennon, undated.
31. BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP, LTD. UNION PLANT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. SALON DECK ARRANGEMENT, SHEET NUMBER 5314-11-84. Drawn by A.E. Wilson, dated 12-6-21.
32. BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP, LTD. UNION PLANT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. MAIN DECK ARRANGEMENT, SHEET NUMBER H-5314-11-8B. Drawn by A.E. Wilson, dated 12-7-21.
33. BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP, LTD. UNION PLANT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. BODY PLAN UNNUMBERED.
34. BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP, LTD. UNION PLANT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. LINES UNNUMBERED.
35. PHOTOGRAPH #P84-075.4N FY SAN MATEO PIER 2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1922-1940. Photographer unknown.
36. PHOTOGRAPH # A1.38,66ON FY SAN MATEO (1922) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 31 Aug 1935 AT HYDE STREET PIER. Photographer John W. Proter.
37. PHOTOGRAPH #P83-142A.2,397G1. Photographer unknown.
38. PHOTOGRAPH #P78-049A #2 FY SAN MATEO. Photographer unknown.
39. PHOTOGRAPH #F7.1822N FY SAN MATEO PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 6, 1964. Photographer unknown.
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