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The Straits Steamship Company was a shipping firm that operated steamships on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Industry | Shipping |
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Founded | (July 1, 1894 ) |
Area served | Strait of Juan de Fuca, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound |
Key people | James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L. Horn. |
The company was formed on July 1, 1894, by Capt. James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L. Horn.[1]
The company operated the steamships Willapa and Garland on the route from Seattle to Neah Bay, and the Evangel on the route Seattle – Port Townsend – Port Angeles – Dungeness – Victoria.[1] In the first decade of the 1900s the company provided service to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.[2]
The company also owned the steamship, SS Hong Chuen, which was sunk at the beginning of World War II.
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