Sternwheeler
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Evidence suggests that this large wooden wreck may have been a stern-wheeled steamship, typical of the kind that plied Pacific Northwest waters in the late 19th century, pictured below. It may have been part of what was popularly known as the “Mosquito Fleet,” the primary means of transportation between coastal cities and towns on Puget Sound until the 1930s.
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Underwater Photos ©2011 Dan Warter
Detail of ships in Elliot Bay from Bird’s Eye View of the City of Seattle, 1878 by E. S. Glover, University of Washington MAP 119
