Metaline Navigation Co.
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- Apr 2, 1908Five Minutes Through Box CanyonThe launch Nancy sets a river record while the Metaline returns with a new boiler and Newport's waterfront hums with new boats and schedules.Newport, WA
- Dec 10, 1908A Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard TimesDespite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Jan 28, 1909The River Wakes Up—and Newport's Steamboats Go AdriftAfter three weeks frozen, Pend Oreille navigation resumes, but a broken boom and an ice floe send the Metaline and Fram downstream and leave the Ruth without a dock.Newport, WA
- Feb 4, 1909When the Ice Broke: Newport's Steamboats Reconnect the Pend OreilleWith the river finally open to Box Canyon, two navigation companies coordinated schedules at Newport, linking trains, mail and lumber camps to the upper Pend Oreille.Newport, WA