Category:Cottage City (ship, 1890)

English: Cottage City built 1890, New England Ship Building Co., Bath, Maine. Operated until 1897 by the Maine Steamship Line, then sold to the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., which operated it between Seattle and Alaska.

The ship ran aground on Island Point, Etolin Island September 7, 1902 and lost part of its keel, but was successfully rescued and restored to service.

It finally foundered on the reef at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island, off the east coast of Vancouver Island, January 26, 1911 while en route from Seattle to Skagway; no fatalities.

Media in category "Cottage City (ship, 1890)"

The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.

Moran Bros Co shipbuilding facility, Railroad Ave S near S Charles St, showing steamships COTTAGE CITY and ROANOKE (CURTIS 182).jpeg 667 × 482; 57 KB
Seattle waterfront, c1900 (6307964607).jpg 4,906 × 3,179; 2.79 MB
Steamer COTTAGE CITY at Muir Glacier, circa 1905 (AL+CA 1271).jpg 768 × 489; 63 KB
Steamer COTTAGE CITY in Wrangell Narrows, Alaska, between 1890 and 1900 (AL+CA 4238).jpg 768 × 547; 33 KB
Steamer COTTAGE CITY leaving Sitka, Alaska, ca 1898-1911 (TRANSPORT 388).jpg 768 × 613; 55 KB