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English: Sinking of the sidewheel steamer NORTH PACIFIC, off Port Townsend, 1903   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Sinking of the sidewheel steamer NORTH PACIFIC, off Port Townsend, 1903
Description
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While operating on the Tacoma-Vancouver service on July 18, 1903, the historic old Puget Sound sidewheel steamer NORTH PACIFIC struck the rocks off Marrowstone Point during a heavy fog. Her hull was badly damaged. The tug C.B. SMITH removed her passengers and crew, after which she drifted off and sank in deep water. (pg. 94) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

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  • Subjects (LCSH): North Pacific (Side wheeler); Steamboats--Washington (State)--Marrowstone Point; Marine accidents--Washington (State)--Marrowstone Point; Tugboats--Washington (State)--Marrowstone Point
Depicted place Marrowstone Light
Date 1903
date QS:P571,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: mounted on cardboard
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
591
Source
English: Transportation Photographs Collection
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