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Post by Barnacle on Sept 28, 2011 21:01:43 GMT -8
You'll note that it looks similar to the white blob in the shot of the Nisqually approaching Orcas in 1991. Might just be Leidig's before it was painted red.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 21:51:24 GMT -8
View of Anacortes from a San Juan history booklet that I purchased.  (photo courtesy is WSF) |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 21:53:37 GMT -8
View of Shaw Island landing, from a San Juan history booklet that I purchased.  (photo courtesy is WSF) |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 21:54:44 GMT -8
Lopez Island ferry landing.  Photo is from a San Juan history booklet which I purchased. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 21:57:38 GMT -8
Here's a San Juan history booklet that I recently purchased. Front & back covers:   And a view of Wasp Channel  |
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Post by Barnacle on Nov 11, 2011 21:57:41 GMT -8
View of Anacortes from a San Juan history booklet that I purchased.  (photo courtesy is WSF) Was there a copyright date on the booklet? This photo dates back as early as 1976 (second RO-RO slip was constructed then). |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 21:58:55 GMT -8
Old view of Friday Harbor, taken from a San Juan history booklet.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2011 22:26:48 GMT -8
Was there a copyright date on the booklet? This photo dates back as early as 1976 (second RO-RO slip was constructed then). The booklet said "copyright 1966", but it also says that my copy is a"sixteenth edition" and it includes some 1980 census figures. 1980 is about the latest explicit data that it includes, and 1966 is the earliest stuff. - 1966 + 16 years = 1982 publish date for my version. |
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Post by Barnacle on Nov 12, 2011 8:36:51 GMT -8
Thank you. I know there are several different editions of this book floating around (apparently at least sixteen); they must do a new "edition" with each printing.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 9, 2012 19:11:28 GMT -8
Chippewa was the answer to the question. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 9, 2012 19:35:40 GMT -8
Those are some fantastic postcards! Thanks for sharing. Regarding the first Anacortes postcard, EvergreenFleet is the real expert here at distinguishing ferries, but I'll attempt a stab at it, and guess The Chippewa as the single-ender at the dock. I'm sure EvergreenFleet will correct me if I'm wrong ;D That one's a really great postcard. That pic must have been taken not long after they built the terminal out at Ship Harbor, which would place this picture in the early 60's. Before that, the old Anacortes Ferry Terminal was downtown at the end of Commercial Street, or so I heard. Not at the end of Commercial...the old dock is now the dock for the Guemes ferry...  which is at the end of I Avenue. |
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Post by FNS on Jan 9, 2012 19:39:12 GMT -8
Chippewa was the answer to the question.  Here's a closeup of the ferries in the dock. Not quite sure of the dock arrangement there then. The CHIPPEWA may have been in the tie-up slip and the VASHON in the main slip. View of Anacortes from a San Juan history booklet that I purchased. (photo courtesy is WSF) The ferry in the slip at Anacortes was the KLICKITAT. |
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Post by mrdot on Jan 9, 2012 19:50:31 GMT -8
:)yes, I believe it's Chipawa, and as a youngster I remember voyaging on her from Sidney over to Anacortes, she was a regular on that route in those pre-bc ferry days. I remember an early family trip in those days before brother whitecoast came along! :)mrdot.
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 9, 2012 20:09:19 GMT -8
Here's a closeup of the ferries in the dock. Not quite sure of the dock arrangement there then. The CHIPPEWA may have been in the tie-up slip and the VASHON in the main slip. That's my understanding of the old Anacortes configuration--the tie-up slip was still off to the east of the loading slip (though how far, I don't know). They may have moved the tie-up slip further east to add the second slip in 1975-6 along with the overhead walkway. Somewhere later in time a second tie-up slip was added. |
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Post by FNS on Jan 17, 2012 1:00:18 GMT -8
Here's a recent capture (enlarged) from the Anacortes ferry terminal courtesy of WSF with nature's own dandruff coming down:  |
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Post by FNS on Jan 17, 2012 1:18:54 GMT -8
Lightened up from a fairly darker image, we see this webcam view of the CHETZEMOKA leaving Orcas late yesterday with a little snow on the grounds there:  The navigators are enjoying a rare luxury on the I-I run. The CHETZEMOKA is the only ferry there that allows them to go from one bridge to the other without having to go outside. Other ferries offering this on the trips to and from the San Juans were the WALLA WALLA in 1973, the renovated KLICKITAT in 1982, and the RHODODENDRON in 1984. The OLYMPIC may have been there as well. You have to go outside to get from one wheelhouse to the other aboard an I-Class, ES-Class, and a Super. |
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 17, 2012 5:03:00 GMT -8
Hiyu. ;D
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 17, 2012 5:18:58 GMT -8
The OLYMPIC may have been there as well. You have to go outside to get from one wheelhouse to the other aboard an I-Class, ES-Class, and a Super. Olympic was up there at least once in the spring of 1987. How do I know this? We got to ride on Olympic from Orcas to Anacortes when one of the regulars broke down and "Oly" was apparently the only boat they had available. |
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Post by Luke on Jan 17, 2012 21:18:09 GMT -8
Did Spokane ever serve the Islands? Thought it happened in the 70s, but I do not know for sure. |
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Post by FNS on Jan 18, 2012 1:38:18 GMT -8
Did Spokane ever serve the Islands? Thought it happened in the 70s, but I do not know for sure. Unless if she would be stopping by Anacortes on her way to and from a shipyard in Bellingham (if she has ever visited Fairhaven, that is), I don't think the SPOKANE has served the San Juans. I think I've read somewhere that the BIG W did receive some complaints about her wakes in the islands. So, her appearance lasted just one summer there. The KALEETAN replaced her. On one of my trips aboard the KALEETAN in the islands, I remember that the crew turned one of the plastic info slots into a gold fish tank, which was neat. I based my sentence on ferries having two wheelhouses (or bridges). |
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 18, 2012 14:52:35 GMT -8
I based my sentence on ferries having two wheelhouses (or bridges). It has two bridges, just no dividing wall. it even has a pilothouse-to-pilothouse call bell; that's good enough for me. |
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Post by Luke on Jan 19, 2012 17:37:25 GMT -8
Hello all. Just a random thought: Do they ever have an International vessel and a domestic vessel actively unloading/loading at Anacordes at the same time? Or would that interfere with International activity?  |
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Post by lmtengs on Jan 19, 2012 18:07:04 GMT -8
Yes, this may sound dumb, but is Lopez terminal recycled? Those towers just seem old-fashion.   They don't look old fashioned at all. Compare them to the towers at some BC Ferries terminals, we still have wood! Here is a shore side photo of the facilities at Alert Bay, Malcolm Island, with the Quadra Queen II at berth. This photo was taken while on a day trip to Alert Bay on the 16th of May 2009.  This is hosted on my Flickr photo site. |
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Post by FNS on Jan 19, 2012 18:08:22 GMT -8
And, here's Lopez as seen from the CHETZEMOKA on Friday, October 14, 2011.  |
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Post by FNS on Jan 19, 2012 18:51:41 GMT -8
They don't look old fashioned at all. Compare them to the towers at some BC Ferries terminals, we still have wood! Doesn't Coopville terminal have wood towers?    "Coopville"? Funny spelling! ;D I think the dock at Keystone Harbor at Coupeville has a mixture of wood and steel. You be the judge. Prior to this, KHC had an old single laner with a hand crank operated apron. From the Olympic Ferries days (it was modernized a bit for WSF use for the OLYMPIC and RHODODENDRON). Now, back to Lopez Island terminal discussion.  |
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