SS San Mateo was a steamship ferry operating on the west coast of the United States. Launched in 1922, she served until 1940 in San Francisco Bay, operated by the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries. In 1941 she was acquired by the Puget Sound Navigation Company, and then operated on Puget Sound until its retirement in 1969. At the time of her retirement she was the last operating vehicular steam ferry in the United States.[2] After attempts to restore her for display in a Seattle waterfront park, she was acquired by a Canadian businessman and towed in 1992 to the Fraser River in British Columbia.[3] The vessel became part of a small collection of derelict ferries.[4] There she was partially scrapped; portions of her hulk are still visible in the river, and readily apparent on satellite photos, as of 2021.[5] A photo at the dock in July 2021 shows her hulk partially or fully aground, and leaning toward the former BC FerriesSidney-class ferry MV Queen of Sidney.[6]
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WA-17, "San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA", 39 photos, 15 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
mateo, steamship, ferry, operating, west, coast, united, states, launched, 1922, served, until, 1940, francisco, operated, southern, pacific, golden, gate, ferries, 1941, acquired, puget, sound, navigation, company, then, operated, puget, sound, until, retirem. SS San Mateo was a steamship ferry operating on the west coast of the United States Launched in 1922 she served until 1940 in San Francisco Bay operated by the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries In 1941 she was acquired by the Puget Sound Navigation Company and then operated on Puget Sound until its retirement in 1969 At the time of her retirement she was the last operating vehicular steam ferry in the United States 2 After attempts to restore her for display in a Seattle waterfront park she was acquired by a Canadian businessman and towed in 1992 to the Fraser River in British Columbia 3 The vessel became part of a small collection of derelict ferries 4 There she was partially scrapped portions of her hulk are still visible in the river and readily apparent on satellite photos as of 2021 5 A photo at the dock in July 2021 shows her hulk partially or fully aground and leaning toward the former BC Ferries Sidney class ferry MV Queen of Sidney 6 SS San MateoU S National Register of Historic Places1975 docked at Lake Union SeattleLocationSeattle waterfront Seattle WashingtonArealess than one acreBuilt1922 1922 NRHP reference No 71000876 1 Added to NRHPApril 7 19711964 photoThe ship was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 1 References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 NRHP nomination for SS San Mateo National Park Service Retrieved October 27 2017 Prince George Citizen www pgnewspapers pgpl ca October 24 1992 p 18 Mission City Record www missioncityrecord com July 25 2014 49 08 49 8 N 122 23 25 5 W British Columbia Canada Google Maps External links editHistoric American Engineering Record HAER No WA 17 San Mateo Ferry South end of Lake Union Seattle King County WA 39 photos 15 data pages 4 photo caption pages nbsp This article about a property in Washington on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS San Mateo amp oldid 1169453825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
