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English: Steamer CALISTA at dock, probably in Seattle, ca. 1912   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Steamer CALISTA at dock, probably in Seattle, ca. 1912
Description
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PH Coll 794.14

140 feet in length, launched at Dockton [on Vashon Island] in 1911 for the Island Transporation Company to replace the recently-burned WHIDBY. Used triple-expansion engine from WHIDBY. Named after Capt. H.B. Lovejoy's mother, Mrs. Calista Leach, 73, the oldest resident of Whidbey Island who was known for hey daily bicycle rides around the island.

Involved in the deadly I.W.W. "Everett Massacre" of 1916, carrying a second load of I.W.W. passengers into Everett's harbor when shootings occurred so turned back.

Rammed and sunk by Japanese steamer HAWAII MARU off Meadow Point while on the Coupeville-Everett-Seattle run in 1922. (Source: Newell, Gordon, ed. "The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest." Seattle: The Superior Company, 1966)

  • Subjects (LCSH): Calista (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boats--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place Seattle
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: nitrate negative
Dimensions height: 5.7 in (14.6 cm); width: 3.5 in (88.9 mm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.75U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,3.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
861
Source
English: Transportation Photographs Collection
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