Mukilteo-Clinton

[cbachmeier]

WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY POST


Photo of the passenger walk on lounge area at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.


DSC_0700 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the passenger walk on lounge area at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0701 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the passenger walk on lounge area at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.

DSC_0704 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the passenger walk on lounge area at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.

DSC_0706 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the passenger walk on lounge area at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0709 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the passenger walk on building outside at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.

DSC_0710 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photo of the vehicle ticket booth at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0713 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photo of the waterfront area at the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0717 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0727 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0728 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.
DSC_0732 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

Photos of the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, taken on January 15th 2021.

DSC_0735 by Chase Bachmeier, on Flickr

[avgeekjoe]

A) Very nice photos Chase.

B) The Mukilteo Beacon recently published a historical history on the history of this very route.  Figured this board would be interested.

[FNS]

Jun 12, 2021 0:53:29 GMT -8 avgeekjoe said:

A) Very nice photos Chase.

B) The Mukilteo Beacon recently published a historical history on the history of this very route.  Figured this board would be interested.

"For much of the 20th century, Mukilteo's ferry terminal was regularly served by Nisqually, a ferry that could hold 80 cars. Nisqually was built in 1927, and was named after the Pacific Northwest Native American nation of the same name. While she fell out of regular use in 1967, Nisqually was in service in some capacity all the way until 2007, 80 impressive years. While the Nisqually ferry was obviously outdated and sorely lacking in capacity (today's largest Washington State Ferries can carry over 200 cars), it was clearly an influence on later ferries in the area. Newer ferries borrowed from Nisqually's design, and often took names from local Native American nations."

Actually, the NISQUALLY didn't really serve this run until the mid 1970s when she began making off-season guest appearances.  She was mostly an Edmonds and San Juan ferry most of her career here after San Francisco Bay.  She became a primary ferry for a couple of years on the Mukilteo run working alongside the ILLAHEE in 1980.  They were assisted by the OLYMPIC in 1980 and KULSHAN in 1981.  New ferries showed up in 1982, concluding three vessel service on this run.

[Blue Bus Fan]

Washington State Ferries has received funding to design a electric charging station at Clinton:

www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-state-ferries-receives-12-million-funding/281-de538ab5-a049-4f21-9099-8515fde3074c

[Neil]

Jan 29, 2023 12:59:34 GMT -8 Blue Bus Fan said:

Washington State Ferries has received funding to design a electric charging station at Clinton:

www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-state-ferries-receives-12-million-funding/281-de538ab5-a049-4f21-9099-8515fde3074c

"Last year there were a little more than 31,000 riders, less than half of the 65,000-plus riders that took the ferry in 2019."


Wow. Somebody needs an editor. Where on earth did those numbers come from?