The City of Seattle was a side-wheel driven steam-powered ferry built in 1888. This vessel was the first ferry to operate on Puget Sound. City of Seattle was also used in the San Francisco Bay area starting in 1913. The ferry was known as YFB54 when owned by the U.S. navy in World War II, and as Magdalena during naval service and for a time following the war. The upper works of the ferry have been mounted on a barge hull, and are now in use as a houseboat in Sausalito, California.
City of Seattle c. 1891
City of Seattle as configured for the Benicia-Martinez ferry route
City of Seattle used as a houseboat
West Seattle (steam ferry)
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West Seattle was a side-wheel driven steam-powered ferry built in 1907.
West Seattle approaching Seattle ferry terminal, probably circa 1910.