''Crest'' was a wooden steamboat that operated on
Puget Sound
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in the early 1900s. Following a sale of the vessel in May, 1912, this boat was known as ''Bay Island''.
Career
In 1899, the
Hunt Brothers, a family steamboat business, had ''Crest'' built at Tacoma for service on the Tacoma-
Gig Harbor
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Gig Harbor is one of several cities and towns that claim to be "the gateway to the Olympic ...
route
[Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at 32, 49, 203.]
''Crest'' was built according to a tear drop shaped design, which was originated by the Hunt brothers. While this did not increase the speed of the boat, it allowed the vessel to carry more passengers and cargo at the same speed.
In 1902 the Hunt Brothers divided their interest in the firm's boats, with Emmett Hunt taking ownership of ''Crest''.
[Gig Harbor Museum, “Steamboats and the Hunt Brothers”]
(accessed 04-14-2011)
In 1912, Emmett Hunt, for $11,500, sold ''Crest'' to the
Hale Passage and Wollochet Bay Navigation Company
The Hale Passage and Wollochet Bay Navigation Company was a cooperative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultura ...
, which was a farmer's cooperative seeking a way to lower transport costs on produce.
[ The cooperative renamed the vessel ''Bay Island''. ''Bay Island'' made as many as 10 stops along the cooperative's route in ]Hale Passage Hale Passage is the name of two different bodies of water in Puget Sound, in the U.S. state of Washington.
*In the north Sound, in Whatcom County, Hale Passage separates Lummi Island from the mainland near Bellingham.
*In the south Sound in Pierc ...
and Wollochet Bay Wollochet Bay is the name of a narrow long and shallow bay in southern Puget Sound in the state of Washington. The bay is located on the southern part of the Kitsap Peninsula, and opens onto the southern Hale Passage separating Fox Island from the ...
, and ran in the evening so the produce cargo would be fresh in the morning at the market.[
''Bay Island'' was abandoned in 1929.
]
See also
* Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
Notes
References
* Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, ''Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound'', (2008) Arcadia Publishing
* Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
* Newell, Gordon, ''Ships of the Inland Sea'', Binford and Mort, Portland, OR (2nd Ed. 1960)
* Newell, Gordon, and Williamson, Joe, ''Pacific Steamboats'', Bonanza Books, New York, NY (1963)
External links
Gig Harbor Museum, “Steamboats and the Hunt Brothers”
(accessed 04-14-2011)
1900 ships
Steamboats of Washington (state)
Propeller-driven steamboats of Washington (state)
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