Images of America- Tugboats on Puget Sound Canadian Gulf Islands In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding

In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding

Calusa Park

Points of Interest: Lewis Creek Reservoir

Paper Size: 41" x 36"

Last Correction: 25-Nov-2014

Images of America- Tugboats on Puget Sound Canadian Gulf Islands In Ultrasimple BoatbuildingWhile square rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever larger cruise and cargo carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships,