Tugboats on Puget Sound

Tugboats on Puget Sound

Author: Chuck Fowler

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738559728

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While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.


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Download or read book Tugboats on Puget Sound written by Chuck Fowler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.

Tugboats on Puget Sound

Tugboats on Puget Sound

Author: Chuck Fowler

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2009-02-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531638610

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While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.


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Download or read book Tugboats on Puget Sound written by Chuck Fowler and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.

Tugs and Other Hard-working Vessels of Puget Sound

Tugs and Other Hard-working Vessels of Puget Sound

Author: Norman R. Knutsen

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935359418

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For a time in the first half of the 20th century, commercial vessels powered by sail, steam, and internal combustion engines were all plying their trade together on Puget Sound. During those earlier years, mills were busy sawing logs to satisfy the hungry market for lumber, plywood, and other wood products. Boat building and commercial fishing flourished, too. As time went on, wind power gave way to steam propulsion, steam machinery was replaced by internal combustion engines, and paddle wheels disappeared in favor of propellers. This was a unique and exciting era of Puget Sound maritime activity. Eventually, logs were being shipped instead of finished wood products, transportation via highways was increasing, and the fisheries were beginning to show signs that all was not well. Because of these changes, the need was lessened for tugs, freight and passenger boats, and fishing boats on Puget Sound.


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Download or read book Tugs and Other Hard-working Vessels of Puget Sound written by Norman R. Knutsen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a time in the first half of the 20th century, commercial vessels powered by sail, steam, and internal combustion engines were all plying their trade together on Puget Sound. During those earlier years, mills were busy sawing logs to satisfy the hungry market for lumber, plywood, and other wood products. Boat building and commercial fishing flourished, too. As time went on, wind power gave way to steam propulsion, steam machinery was replaced by internal combustion engines, and paddle wheels disappeared in favor of propellers. This was a unique and exciting era of Puget Sound maritime activity. Eventually, logs were being shipped instead of finished wood products, transportation via highways was increasing, and the fisheries were beginning to show signs that all was not well. Because of these changes, the need was lessened for tugs, freight and passenger boats, and fishing boats on Puget Sound.

Towage to and from All British Columbia, Puget Sound and Pacific Coast Ports for Rates, Apply as Below, Or to Masters of Company's Tugs. Puget Sound Tug Boat Company Pioneer Building Seattle, Washington ...

Towage to and from All British Columbia, Puget Sound and Pacific Coast Ports for Rates, Apply as Below, Or to Masters of Company's Tugs. Puget Sound Tug Boat Company Pioneer Building Seattle, Washington ...

Author: Puget Sound Tug Boat Company

Publisher:

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Towage to and from All British Columbia, Puget Sound and Pacific Coast Ports for Rates, Apply as Below, Or to Masters of Company's Tugs. Puget Sound Tug Boat Company Pioneer Building Seattle, Washington ... written by Puget Sound Tug Boat Company and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tugs, Booms & Barges

Tugs, Booms & Barges

Author: Robin Sheret

Publisher: Virago Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780921107088

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Download or read book Tugs, Booms & Barges written by Robin Sheret and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Regulatory Assessment Use of Tugs to Protect Against Oil Spills in the Puget Sound Area

Regulatory Assessment Use of Tugs to Protect Against Oil Spills in the Puget Sound Area

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1428964924

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Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound

Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound

Author: Jean Cammon Findlay

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2008-04

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531635688

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Before the advent of roads in western Washington, steamboats of the Mosquito Fleet swarmed all over Puget Sound. Sidewheelers, stern-wheelers, and propeller-driven, they ranged from the tiny 40-foot Marie to the huge 282-foot Yosemite, and from the famous Flyer to the unknown Leota. Floating stores like the Vaughn and shrimpers like the Violet sailed the same waters as the elegant Great Lakes lady, the Chippewa, and the homely Willie. A few, like the Bob Irving and Blue Star, died spectacularly or, like Major Tompkins, shipwrecked after a short time, while others began new lives as tugboats or auto ferries; some even survive today as excursion boats like the Virginia V. From 1853 to modern car ferries in the 1920s, this volume chronicles the heyday of steamboating--a unique segment of maritime history--from modest launch to sleek liner.


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Download or read book Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound written by Jean Cammon Findlay and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the advent of roads in western Washington, steamboats of the Mosquito Fleet swarmed all over Puget Sound. Sidewheelers, stern-wheelers, and propeller-driven, they ranged from the tiny 40-foot Marie to the huge 282-foot Yosemite, and from the famous Flyer to the unknown Leota. Floating stores like the Vaughn and shrimpers like the Violet sailed the same waters as the elegant Great Lakes lady, the Chippewa, and the homely Willie. A few, like the Bob Irving and Blue Star, died spectacularly or, like Major Tompkins, shipwrecked after a short time, while others began new lives as tugboats or auto ferries; some even survive today as excursion boats like the Virginia V. From 1853 to modern car ferries in the 1920s, this volume chronicles the heyday of steamboating--a unique segment of maritime history--from modest launch to sleek liner.

Boats, Barnacles and Crabgrass

Boats, Barnacles and Crabgrass

Author: Chester Caling

Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated

Published: 2002-02-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781592861545

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Boats, Barnacles and Crabgrass is a story about the livelihood of a tugboat man on Puget Sound in the middle of the 20th century. The salty environment creates a life that begins with a smile, some blisters and the genius needed for survival. Working with a crew on his tug boat, caring for his family, maintaining the boat, and the business of moving timber from forest to mill on the waters of Puget Sound require keen observation of a continually changing environment, as well as a love for the work and a willingness to do hard work.


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Download or read book Boats, Barnacles and Crabgrass written by Chester Caling and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boats, Barnacles and Crabgrass is a story about the livelihood of a tugboat man on Puget Sound in the middle of the 20th century. The salty environment creates a life that begins with a smile, some blisters and the genius needed for survival. Working with a crew on his tug boat, caring for his family, maintaining the boat, and the business of moving timber from forest to mill on the waters of Puget Sound require keen observation of a continually changing environment, as well as a love for the work and a willingness to do hard work.

Study of Tug Escorts in Puget Sound

Study of Tug Escorts in Puget Sound

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Pacific Tugboats

Pacific Tugboats

Author: Gordon R. Newell

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Pacific Tugboats written by Gordon R. Newell and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: