History Name City of Clinton Owner King County Operator Kitsap County Transportation Co. In service 1922 Out of service 1929 Fate Destroyed by fire General characteristics Type Steam ferry Tonnage 57 Length 58 ft (17.68 m) Beam 20 ft (6.10 m) Installed power Steam engine , 100 hp (75 kW)Propulsion Propeller
City of Clinton Puget Sound until March 23, 1929, when the vessel caught fire and sank near the city of Mukilteo, Washington , USA.
Career
City Of Clinton was built at Clinton, Washington , and was intended to run between that city and Everett, Washington . King County at that time owned and operated a number of ferries. King County ferries running between Seattle and Vashon Island , including City of Clinton , were turned over for operation and management to the Kitsap County Transportation Company .[ 1] [ 2]
On March 23, 1929, the ferry caught fire while underway near Mukilteo and sank.[ 1]
Notes
^ a b Newell, Gordon R., H.W. McCurdy Marine History , pages 325 and 403.
^ Kline and Bayless, Ferryboats – A Legend on Puget Sound , pages 174 and 335.
References
Kline, M.S., and Bayless, G.A., Ferryboats -- A legend on Puget Sound , Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4
Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest , Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
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