Northern Light (sternwheeler)
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Northern Light was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
and was active in the early 1900s.
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Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
The Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet was a large number of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound and nearby waterways and rivers. This large group of steamers and sternwheelers plied the waters of Puget Sound, stopping at every waterfront dock...
and was active in the early 1900s.
Career
Northern Light was built in 1898 at Seattle. The vessel was assigned to routes on southern Puget Sound, including the Anderson Island run. Northern Light was abandoned in 1920. The engines were removed and installed in the sternwheeler FidalgoFidalgo (sternwheeler)
-Career:Fidalgo was built in 1920, and was powered with engines removed from the wrecked or abandoned steamer Northern Light at Seattle. The vessel was built to haul grain from the La Conner area. In 1923 the vessel was destroyed in a storm at Seattle....
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