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    Fairy (steamboat)

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    NameFairy
    RoutePuget Sound
    In service1853
    General characteristics
    Installed powersteam engine
    Propulsionside wheels
    For broader coverage of this topic, see Puget Sound mosquito fleet.

    Fairy was a small wooden sidewheel-driven steamship placed into service on Puget Sound in 1853. Fairy was the first steam-powered vessel to conduct regularly scheduled service on Puget Sound.

    Career

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    Fairy was built in San Francisco and brought to Puget Sound in November 1853 on the deck of the sailing ship Sarah Warren. The vessel was placed on the Olympia to Seattle run.

    References

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    • Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound, (2008) Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7385-5607-6

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