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Dix (steamboat)
American steamboat built in 1904 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The steamboat Dix operated from 1904 to 1906 as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. She was sunk in a collision which remains one of the most serious transportation accidents in the state of Washington to this day.[2]
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History | |
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Name | Dix |
Owner | Seattle and Alki Point Transportation Company |
Builder | shipyard of Crawford and Reid Tacoma |
Completed | 1904 |
Fate | Sunk in collision, November 18, 1906 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Inland passenger dayboat |
Tonnage | 130 tons[1] |
Length | 102.5 ft (31.2 m)[1] |
Beam | 20.5 ft (6.2 m)[1] |
Installed power | steam engine |
Propulsion | propeller-drive |
In May 2011, it was erroneously reported that wreckage likely to be that of the Dix had been confirmed off Seattle's Alki Point.[1][3] What they believed to be the wreckage was soon acknowledged to not be the Dix.[4]
The true discovery of the Dix was announced on November 17, 2023 by the Northwest Shipwreck Alliance. Working with Rockfish Inc., the Alliance revealed to reporters that they had been studying the wreck site for years and testing their equipment on it. Their hope is to bring legal protection to the site to prevent disturbance of the gravesite.[5][6]