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Post by Starsteward on Aug 19, 2014 6:28:53 GMT -8
Getting back on track in the display of my large collection of historic photos of ferries, I present you this week vintage photos of the QUINAULT. These are from a couple of scrapbooks with photos I bought from a collector/seller. Some of the previous photos are from this collection. I'm very happy to share my latest collection with you ferry fans! This is the QUINAULT when she was new as REDWOOD EMPIRE. Her first assignment was between the Ferry Building and Marin County. After the SPGGF merger, she moved over to Hyde Street and ran to Marin County, or ran between the Ferry Building and Alameda County (wherever these ferries were needed by SPGGF). This photo shows how beautiful ferries can be, if designed right. On her way to Alameda County from the Ferry Building. That new bridge would soon send her north to Puget Sound. In drydock in 1940, most likely being prepared for the trip north. Notice that most of the San Francisco ferries had their names painted on their hull besides the sides. Here she was on Puget Sound in the early 1940s. That's most likely the first ELWHA (GOLDEN SHORE) to her west in this view in Seattle. That berth under the "PORT OF SEATTLE" sign was Pier 66, first pier north of the Piers 64-65 set where the Canadian Pacific liners docked. I really miss these old docks! The ILLAHEE and QUINAULT together in Seattle. The Black Ball paint scheme made these ferries look handsome. On her way out on another trip in her youthful days on Puget Sound. That beautiful building next to her outbound wheelhouse is the Seattle Tower, also known as the Northern Life Tower. That opened up in 1929. I was spellbound of its architecture when I was little and refer it as the "Empire State Building" of the west. Isn't this a beautiful ferry! An end view of this magnificent piece of maritime architecture. A nice side view of this true passenger and car ferryliner of her days here on Puget Sound. Yes, she was handsome on San Francisco Bay. She was more beautiful, along with her sisters, here on Puget Sound. The QUINAULT's galley. I count myself very lucky to have had an opportunity to dine in this setting on her visit to Columbia Beach in 1974, subbing for the RHODODENDRON. I sat with my family in the counter stools next to the side windows and had a good view of Whidbey Island as it neared. It was sad to see this changed to the 1970s decor with red and yellow tables replacing the counters and stools on her next visit a few years later. I have that 1974 trip still embedded in my visual memories. Coming soon are photos from the 1960s and maybe a small handful from the 1950s. ENJOY!
Thanks for sharing your collection of great pictures and the stories of the Steel Electrics. They were grand old boats from a bygone era which is a stark contrast to today's glitz and glamour ferries. The 'coffee .20' sign taped to the pole drew my attention to the menu board/price list hanging on the wall Given that menu prices back in the day reflected the wage structure of the times, however, it always draws a chuckle or two when one travels and dines on our ferry systems today. Twenty cents to a buck-fifty+ for a coffee today kids. Hold the toast order, I'm running out of pocket change, LOL
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Post by Ignacio on Aug 24, 2014 1:47:06 GMT -8
Since I'm a new member and have some photos of a ferry without a thread (I couldn't find one anyway), so I thought I'd add them. Pictures taken May 4, 2007. I was on a ride to visit all 39 county seats over a weekend and didn't know the particular ferry would be retired from service 7 months after my ride. MV Quinault landing at Keystone. Once on board I shot the name plate. Hindsight there's some rust on her....since then I've Googled and see she was retired about 7 months later. Picture inside the cabin. I remember shortly after this shot feeling the boat rock a bit, went back to my bike, and then rock some more. Shortly after that the captain suggested motorcycle riders return to their bikes. It was a good weekend.
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Post by Starsteward on Aug 24, 2014 1:56:51 GMT -8
Since I'm a new member and have some photos of a ferry without a thread (I couldn't find one anyway), so I thought I'd add them. Pictures taken May 4, 2007. I was on a ride to visit all 39 county seats over a weekend and didn't know the particular ferry would be retired from service 7 months after my ride. MV Quinault landing at Keystone. Welcome aboard the Form Ignacio! Besides getting some good shots of the soon to be retired MV Quinault, I hope you had someone picking up part of the tab for gas on that extensive road trip! Looking forward to more of your adventures!
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Post by Ignacio on Aug 24, 2014 2:05:04 GMT -8
Welcome aboard the Form Ignacio! Besides getting some good shots of the soon to be retired MV Quinault, I hope you had someone picking up part of the tab for gas on that extensive road trip! Looking forward to more of your adventures! That was a rather short ride actually....a little less than 1800. I think the tab was about $120 in gas. Last really long one I did was 12,500 miles in 11 days that included visiting planes, trains, automobiles, and ferries in the U.S. and Canada.
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Jan 1, 2015 19:02:25 GMT -8
Getting back on track in the display of my large collection of historic photos of ferries, I present you this week vintage photos of the QUINAULT. These are from a couple of scrapbooks with photos I bought from a collector/seller. Some of the previous photos are from this collection. I'm very happy to share my latest collection with you ferry fans! This is the QUINAULT when she was new as REDWOOD EMPIRE. Her first assignment was between the Ferry Building and Marin County. After the SPGGF merger, she moved over to Hyde Street and ran to Marin County, or ran between the Ferry Building and Alameda County (wherever these ferries were needed by SPGGF). This photo shows how beautiful ferries can be, if designed right. On her way to Alameda County from the Ferry Building. That new bridge would soon send her north to Puget Sound. In drydock in 1940, most likely being prepared for the trip north. Notice that most of the San Francisco ferries had their names painted on their hull besides the sides. Here she was on Puget Sound in the early 1940s. That's most likely the first ELWHA (GOLDEN SHORE) to her west in this view in Seattle. That berth under the "PORT OF SEATTLE" sign was Pier 66, first pier north of the Piers 64-65 set where the Canadian Pacific liners docked. I really miss these old docks! The ILLAHEE and QUINAULT together in Seattle. The Black Ball paint scheme made these ferries look handsome. On her way out on another trip in her youthful days on Puget Sound. That beautiful building next to her outbound wheelhouse is the Seattle Tower, also known as the Northern Life Tower. That opened up in 1929. I was spellbound of its architecture when I was little and refer it as the "Empire State Building" of the west. Isn't this a beautiful ferry! An end view of this magnificent piece of maritime architecture. A nice side view of this true passenger and car ferryliner of her days here on Puget Sound. Yes, she was handsome on San Francisco Bay. She was more beautiful, along with her sisters, here on Puget Sound. The QUINAULT's galley. I count myself very lucky to have had an opportunity to dine in this setting on her visit to Columbia Beach in 1974, subbing for the RHODODENDRON. I sat with my family in the counter stools next to the side windows and had a good view of Whidbey Island as it neared. It was sad to see this changed to the 1970s decor with red and yellow tables replacing the counters and stools on her next visit a few years later. I have that 1974 trip still embedded in my visual memories. Coming soon are photos from the 1960s and maybe a small handful from the 1950s. ENJOY!
Hello FNS. I just reviewed this thread again and was wondering if you had anymore pictures in your collection that you might wish to post. I for one enjoyed every photo you shared and look forward to seeing more. Does you collection include the Wood Electrics and all the Bay area boats? The new vessels all are looking too much alike and I really enjoying looking at the vessels I road on as a youth. Thank you for sharing you collection!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 3, 2015 8:14:35 GMT -8
This video includes a glimpse of the Sidney - Anacortes ferry, in 1958. - starting at the 4:10 mark. (if you start at the beginning, you'll see Chinook and Kahloke) Here is a 1958 'home movie video' featuring a trip to Vancouver Island. Warning: ferries appear in this feature...
Moderator note: I am fairly sure that somewhere we have a more appropriate place for this item. Please relocate this if you see fit. Thanks...
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Post by FNS on Jan 3, 2015 18:32:18 GMT -8
This video includes a glimpse of the Sidney - Anacortes ferry, in 1958. - starting at the 4:10 mark. (if you start at the beginning, you'll see Chinook and Kahloke) Here is a 1958 'home movie video' featuring a trip to Vancouver Island. Warning: ferries appear in this feature...
Moderator note: I am fairly sure that somewhere we have a more appropriate place for this item. Please relocate this if you see fit. Thanks...The Steel Electric shown in this 1958 video was the ILLAHEE. This was most likely her last year in her original dimensions. After this video was filmed, she would be taken to the yard and get widened from 66 feet to nearly 74 feet with new steel railings, relocated steering guides, and a greater car deck clearance. I sure miss the days when I walked outside on her open promenade and around the wooden cabin. The ILLAHEE was a wonderful ferry to ride aboard. I wished I had more rides aboard her.
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Post by FNS on Jan 30, 2015 11:39:33 GMT -8
I went to a thrift shop today and found this awesome photo: Though a little blurry close up, this photo tells a story. We see a pair of deck house ends for a Steel Electric being renovated at Lockheed, Seattle. These deck houses were built in a yard in Portland OR and barged up to Seattle for mating to the vessels. I guesstimate that this photo was taken around 1986 when the ILLAHEE, NISQUALLY, and QUINAULT were being redone with steel cabins replacing the wooden ones. I wish there was a name of photographer on this photo. We credit that person on this posting!
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Post by FNS on Jun 1, 2015 1:34:53 GMT -8
A color postcard of a Steel Electric in the San Juans sporting Black Ball Line's colors. This is either the KLICKITAT or NISQUALLY. The color and quality of this card is incredible for this photo taken, most likely, in the 1940s. I do wish there was a photo or two taken inside the side partial shelters next to the fiddly, installed by the Black Ball Line. I'd love to know what was inside those before that area became fully enclosed around 1960 or so.
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Post by FNS on Jun 29, 2015 17:07:07 GMT -8
Just got another vintage photo of San Francisco Bay ferry action. This was most likely taken aboard a Steel Electric, given the end design. That long box you see housed a rollerdoor that closed off the car deck end to prevent vehicles from sea spray. If you are wondering what was inside, take a look at this photo of the KLAHANIE with a similar setup: www.evergreenfleet.com/sitebuilder/images/1952-1004x488.jpgwww.evergreenfleet.com/mvklahanie.htmlIt looks like the rollerdoors on the KLAHANIE were being prepared for removal in that photo. The remaining two side windows of the original "cubby hole" wind breakers of the end shelter decks would also be removed. The rollerdoors of the Steel Electrics were removed on Puget Sound as well.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jul 12, 2015 11:05:30 GMT -8
Video shot onboard a pre-50's rebuilt steel electric.
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Post by FNS on Aug 2, 2015 23:26:58 GMT -8
Just got another vintage photo! This one shows a lady and a dog on the deck of a San Francisco or Alameda built Steel Electric docked in San Francisco. I would be riding on this very same deck of this class of ferries more than 40 years after this photo was taken.
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Post by EGfleet on Sept 27, 2015 12:29:02 GMT -8
Also from September, 1982--the Illahee at Edmonds.
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Post by FNS on Oct 14, 2015 22:50:21 GMT -8
Here's the NISQUALLY as seen from Fort Casey in 1986: These photos were taken using a disc camera, the only camera I had in my pocket that day. I was experimenting with that camera then. Thus, the grainy look. I took these just after sunset. The 1984-installed directional nav lights can be seen in the middle photo. More about the disc camera can be read at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_film
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Post by rusty on Nov 30, 2015 23:25:35 GMT -8
How about some videos? Just because the anniversary of their retirement (& a week + late too).
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Post by sounder on Dec 1, 2015 9:57:04 GMT -8
How about some videos? Just because the anniversary of their retirement (& a week + late too). Love the videos!! Great footage! My favorite era for these boats were when they had their old wooden passenger cabins. This would have been pre-1982 for the Klickitat.
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Post by compdude787 on Dec 4, 2015 17:25:55 GMT -8
How about some videos? Just because the anniversary of their retirement (& a week + late too). [snip] Love the videos!! Great footage! My favorite era for these boats were when they had their old wooden passenger cabins. This would have been pre-1982 for the Klickitat. I agree! After they all got rebuilt in the 80s, their looks were pretty much ruined IMO.
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 16, 2016 20:31:54 GMT -8
Found another postcard in my collection. This is clearly a Steel Electric rooftop - not sure which one - but definitely one of the four. Unfortunately, the postcard is marred with the tape over it, but it's an otherwise great photo. The back of the card credits a Bill Binzen as the photographer, and lists a date of 1983. If it was, indeed, taken in 1983, that would eliminate Klickitat, because she would have been renovated by then. But, the date could simply be when the postcard was produced, not necessarily when the photo was taken.
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Jan 16, 2016 21:39:34 GMT -8
That cannot be from 1983. Any of the Steels would have had their 50 year gold stripe on the stack if it was taken in 1983. That photo has to be pre-1977.
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 17, 2016 4:50:57 GMT -8
Found another postcard in my collection. This is clearly a Steel Electric rooftop - not sure which one - but definitely one of the four. Unfortunately, the postcard is marred with the tape over it, but it's an otherwise great photo. The back of the card credits a Bill Binzen as the photographer, and lists a date of 1983. If it was, indeed, taken in 1983, that would eliminate Klickitat, because she would have been renovated by then. But, the date could simply be when the postcard was produced, not necessarily when the photo was taken. More like prior to 1968... that's the Willapa or Enetai. None of the double-enders had four-rail railings. The tops of the houses has single-rail; the promenade had mesh screens (at least after 1958). Plus, over the top of the grey hatches, you'll see a bench.
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Post by FNS on Jan 17, 2016 7:12:20 GMT -8
Found another postcard in my collection. This is clearly a Steel Electric rooftop - not sure which one - but definitely one of the four. Unfortunately, the postcard is marred with the tape over it, but it's an otherwise great photo. The back of the card credits a Bill Binzen as the photographer, and lists a date of 1983. If it was, indeed, taken in 1983, that would eliminate Klickitat, because she would have been renovated by then. But, the date could simply be when the postcard was produced, not necessarily when the photo was taken. More like prior to 1968... that's the Willapa or Enetai. None of the double-enders had four-rail railings. The tops of the houses has single-rail; the promenade had mesh screens (at least after 1958). Plus, over the top of the grey hatches, you'll see a bench. Given the ventilator cowl rotation positions (notice the handles on the sides), this was most likely the ENETAI. Pictured from the aft end and facing forward. These fixtures were neat to look at as well as being functional for their intended purpose. The eight major ones had ducts fed down through the decks to the engine rooms. The lesser ones were for the Saloon Deck cabin. evergreenfleet.com/sitebuilder/images/D_WOrthingtonenetai_october1963--SJP_COLLECTION-1004x435.jpg
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 17, 2016 14:18:56 GMT -8
OK, thanks for the clarification on the vessel. Clearly, I totally misjudged that one. Guess I don't know my ferries too well, after all.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Apr 3, 2016 17:44:20 GMT -8
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Post by SS San Mateo on Sept 30, 2016 12:01:14 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Oct 1, 2016 9:51:08 GMT -8
Which they lifted from me without credit. I used the shot in a Day Room a while back. It's one of the best slides of the Klick in the collection. Ah well, it is a good shot.
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