Crystal (steamboat)

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The steamboat Crystal operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.^[1]

1 Construction
2 Operation
3 Similar vessels
4 Notes
5 External links
- 5.1 Historic images from the on-line collections of the University of Washington

[edit] Construction

Crystal was built at Gig Harbor in 1904 for Miles Coffman. Crystal was propeller-driven, 45' long, and rated at 25 tons.^[2]

[edit] Operation

Captain Coffman placed Crystal on the run between Tacoma and Wollochet Bay, until she was replaced on this run by Audrey. After that, Crystal was repowered with a 50 horsepower gasoline engine and transferred to Port Angeles.

[edit] Similar vessels

Crystal was a typical small steamer of the type that served small communities along Puget Sound. Mizpah was a similar vessel when first constructed.

[edit] Notes

^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 105, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
^ McCurdy, at 105

[edit] External links

[edit] Historic images from the on-line collections of the University of Washington

Crystal circa 1904

v • d • e The Mosquito Fleet of Puget Sound

Sidewheelers	Alaskan • Beaver • Eliza Anderson • George E. Starr • Idaho • Olympian • T.J. Potter • Wilson G. Hunt • Yosemite	”They managed to keep their particular sort of jaunty, wind-swept beauty until the end.” – Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea

Sternwheelers	Bailey Gatzert • City of Shelton • Greyhound • Hassalo (1880) • Multnomah • S.G. Simpson • WT Preston

Propellers	Athlon • Clallam • M/V Coho • *Crystal* • Cy Peck • Daily • Daring • Dart • Dauntless • Defiance • Dix • Dove • Fleetwood • Kingston • Flyer (1891) • Hattie Hansen • Island Princess • Islander (1) • Mary D. Hume • Mizpah • Monticello (2) • Rosalie • Virginia V

Steamboat Lines	Black Ball Line • Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. • Oregon Steam Navigation Co. • Puget Sound Navigation Co. • Hunt Bros. • McDowell Transportation Co.

Steamboat captains	William Ballard • Matthew McDowell

Builders and shipyards	John J. Holland • Robert Moran • King & Winge

Steamboats in other areas of the Pacific Northwest	Lake Washington • Columbia River • Oregon Coast • Willamette River • Yaquina Bay and river • Coquille River • Cowlitz River • Grays Harbor • Chehalis River • Hoquiam River • Willapa Bay • Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach) • Lake Crescent • Arrow Lakes • Upper Fraser River • Skeena River • Lake Okanagan • Thompson=Shuswap • Slocan Lake • Kootenay Lake and the lower Kootenai River • Columbia Lake and upper Kootenai River • Peace & Finaly Rivers • Stikine River