The City of Shelton Takes to the Bay
A new vessel joins the fleet, promising daily trips between Tacoma and the booming town of Shelton.
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On Saturday evening the new steamer City of Shelton was launched from the ways at the head of the bay. Quite a crowd witnessed the launching, several of the Shelton people being on deck, and everything passed off smoothly, the craft gracefully riding the ways and the water. She is almost the size of the Fleetwood and promises to be about as fleet. She was taken to Seattle by the Colby this week, where the boilers and machinery will be placed in position and the upper works fitted up. The Maloney Brothers propose to place her upon the route between Tacoma and Shelton on daily trips.
“The craft gracefully riding the ways and the water.”
The reliance on water travel for both cargo and passengers was the lifeblood of Shelton’s early economy, mirroring modern concerns about ferry service reliability and connectivity in the Puget Sound region.
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