Found a "New" book yesterday........

[bcfcbccsscollector]

I was in a collectible shop yesterday, and there was this first edition book titled, "Steamships and Motorships of the West Coast", by Richard M. Benson (Superior Publishing Company, Seattle). Haven't had a chance to read it yet, but it is filled with history as the title suggests. One chapter focuses of ferry travel and the ships of yesterday and "Today" (1968). Had some very nice shots of WSF and BCF, as well as a few from C.P. and the C.N.R. The shot of the Nanaimo can also be found on the B.C. Archives website. Nice little find.

[Neil]

You have to love the Kalakala, because there's never been anything like it, but gawd, it does look like a slug with it's tongue hanging out.

[Retrovision]

Great Find!

It's a beautiful book, isn't it... there's a quaint little collectors shop aboard the Queen Mary, in Long Beach, Califonia, that has that same book, if I'm not mistaken, among many passenger (and some freight) marine-transportation themed books and artifacts. Sometime, I'll post the photos of the mall that the store is located.. as well as other shots of that beauty of a ship.

[Mainlander not logged in]

hornbyguy said:

You have to love the Kalakala, because there's never been anything like it, but gawd, it does look like a slug with it's tongue hanging out.

lol. The Kalakala is one of the most unique looking vessels I've ever seen.

[SS San Mateo]

I have that book too.

IIRC, it also has pictures of some San Francisco ferries.

-- LB

[bcfcbccsscollector]

Yes it does, but I could have been on the scanner for some time scanning all the images...but at the same time my description could have been more detailed