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Wikipedia measurement conversion templates

 * Template:Convert. For boat speeds, use for example:
 * 21 kn
 * 21 kn
 * 24 mi
 * 24 mi
 * 14 in

Libraries

 * Library of Congress catalog search page

Maritime museums in western North America

 * Samson V Maritime Museum (Vancouver, BC
 * Sicamous (sternwheeler) and Naramata (Penticton, BC
 * Columbia River Maritime Museum

Additional sources of information

 * Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston -- Online Research Resources
 * BC Camera Workers
 * Geo BC British Columbia Geographical Names
 * Historic Oregon Newspapers (large searchable digital collection)
 * Coquille Valley Sentinel digital archive
 * Farnell navigability studies of Oregon rivers
 * Geographical Names index
 * Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA)
 * Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept Historical sources list
 * Puget Sound Maritime Society
 * |Archives Canada

National

 * Library of Congress
 * Huntington Museum
 * Mariner's Museum
 * https://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/collections/special-collections/steamboat-photographs/

Oregon

 * Multnomah County Library
 * Salem Public Library -- Oregon Historic Photograph Collections
 * |||1|||3|||true State Library of Oregon -- Oregon Images collection
 * Oregon Digital (University of Oregon // Oregon State University)
 * City of Portland Auditor's Office
 * Klamath Waters Digital Library
 * Historic Hood River.com
 * Douglas County Museum of History & Natural History
 * Oregon Institute of Technology
 * City of Lake Oswego Public Library
 * Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
 * Clackamas County Historical Society

Washington

 * Longview Public Library.
 * University of Washington Digital Collections (see in particular the Transportation collection).
 * Washington Rural Heritage.
 * Washington State Historical Society
 * Key word: "steamship"
 * WSU Libraries Digital Collections
 * Washington Secretary of State, State Library historical records and photographs.
 * Everett Public Library System Digital Collections
 * Tacoma Public Library
 * Clark County Historical Museum Photograph Collection
 * Washington State Digital Archives (easily searchable, much Oregon material also).

Idaho

 * University of Idaho Digital Initiatives

California

 * University of California digital image collection.
 * Humboldt State University collection
 * University of Southern California digital collection (includes images from wide variety of locales)
 * CSU Chico Digital Collections

Alaska

 * Alaska Digital Archives

Canada

 * Provincial Archives of British Columbia online search page
 * Glenbow Museum archive search page
 * City of Vancouver photo archives search page
 * Library and Archives Canada
 * Vancouver Public Library
 * Archive Association of British Columbia (extensive links)

Bibliography (printed and Google books sources)




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Online ship registries and searchable indices

 * Vessel Registration Query System (Canada)


 * Miramar ship index (world-wide -- requires subscription).

Annual reports of the Steamboat Inspection Service
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State of Washington

 * Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Washington By Washington (State). Bureau of Labor, Arbitration Agreement between the Puget Sound Ship Owners Association and Marine Engineers Beneficial Association No. 38, pages 145-153 (1908) (contains detailed wage data for steamboat engineers for all registered steam vessels operating on Puget Sound.)
 * Public Service commission assessment reports for various steamboat companies, published in Eighth Annual Report of the Public Service Comm'n of Washington (1918), at page 179. (accessed 06-06-11) (contains construction dates, costs and routes for various vessels).

US Bureau of Corporations

 * 1909: Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Transportation by Water in the ... By United States. Bureau of Corporations (1909) (gives fleet compositions and corporate details, Pacific Coast companies start on page 234).


 * U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Corporations, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Transportation by Water, Vol III, Water Terminals (1910) (gives list of piers used by Puget Sound shipping companies on page 240).

City directories

 * Polk, R.L. & Co., Seattle city directory (1890)]

Miscellaneous government reports

 * Congressional report listing mail contracts by steamboat routes in Puget Sound, by route number and companies on route. (1900), at page 400
 * Fifth Annual Report of the Industrial Insurance Department For the Twelve Months Ending September 30th 1916 (Contains a report of the persons licensed, and vessels inspected, on lakes in Washington not subject to U.S. jurisdiction, for example, Lakes Cushman, Chelan, Crescent, and Whatcom, and a report of enforcement actions taken for violation of state licensing laws).
 * "Harbor of Refuge for the Pacific Coast (On Shipbuilding)", Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, (U.S. Government Printing Office 1880). (Contains list of ships built in Coos Bay area up to 1880.)
 * San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors, San Francisco Municipal Reports (1896-1897), at age 318. (List of vessels assessed personal property taxes in fiscal year 1896-1897).

Banking agency reports

 * Annual Report of the Oregon State Banking Department (1917)