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Mukilteo–Clinton Ferry
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. The routes are designated as part of the state highway system. WSF maintains a fleet of 21 vessels that are able to carry passengers and vehicles. The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. The state ferries carried an average of per weekday in . History The ferry system has its origins in the "mosquito fleet", a collection of small steamer lines serving the Puget Sound area during the later part of the nineteenth century and early part of the 20th century. By the beginning of the 1930s, two lines remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colman Dock
Colman Dock, also called Pier 52, is the primary ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington, United States. The original pier is no longer in existence, but the terminal, now used by the Washington State Ferries system, is still called "Colman Dock". The terminal serves two routes to Bainbridge Island, Washington, Bainbridge Island and Bremerton, Washington, Bremerton and has an adjacent passenger-only facility at Pier 50 for King County Water Taxi and Kitsap Fast Ferries routes. Location Originally Colman Dock was located at the foot of Columbia Street, and was immediately to the north of Pier 2, Seattle, Pier 2. Before 1910, the wharf immediately to the north of Colman dock was used by the West Seattle ferry. In 1910 this wharf was replaced with the Grand Trunk Pacific dock. In 1964 the entire area was used for the much larger ferry terminal dock which exists today. History Pier 52 was historically known as Colman Wharf. The original Colman Dock was built by Scottish engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skagit Valley Herald
The ''Skagit Valley Herald'' is a daily newspaper serving Skagit County, Washington. It has a circulation of 8,774. Skagit Valley Publishing also publishes the weekly ''Anacortes American'', ''Fidalgo This Week'', ''The Argus'', ''Stanwood Camano News'', and ''Courier-Times''. History ''The Skagit News'' was founded in 1884 as a weekly newspaper. In 1922, it was renamed to the ''Mount Vernon Herald'' and transitioned to daily circulation. In 1924, the paper's publisher M. J. Beaumont was assaulted in his office by monument maker D. Frets, who was upset about paper's criticisms on the work done on the cornerstone of the new courthouse. Beaumont in an editorial called it a "billboard cornerstone" and demanded it be removed because "a monument maker had been given the right to place his advertisement on the cornerstone." Beaumont sold the paper in 1926 to Harry B. Averill. Averill published the paper for decades until selling it to brothers M. D. Glover and W. H. Glover Jr. in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitsap Fast Ferries
Kitsap Fast Ferries is a passenger ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus. ... service operating between Seattle and Kitsap County, Washington, Kitsap County in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is funded and operated by Kitsap Transit and began service in July 2017, with a single boat traveling between Seattle and Bremerton, Washington, Bremerton. A second route, from Seattle to Kingston, Washington, Kingston, launched in November 2018, and a third route serving Seattle and Southworth, Washington, Southworth began operating in March 2021. In , the system had a ridership of . The passenger-only ferry service, approved by voters in 2016, was preceded by one operated by Washington State Ferries between 1986 and 2003. This state-run system ceased opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
