Name/Title
The S.G. SimpsonEntry/Object ID
2024.RSC.436Description
Postcard depicting the S.G. Simpson steamboat, launched in 1907 from Shelton, WA.
The S. G. Simpson arrived in Shelton on Dec. 22 and began carrying passengers, freight and mail daily between Shelton and Olympia (a 90-minute trip) early in January 1908. Tacoma was added to the route in 1918. By 1922, with automobile travel becoming commonplace, the S. G. Simpson was carrying mostly freight between Shelton and Tacoma. In 1926, ownership was transferred to Puget Sound Freight Lines. In 1928, with its passenger cabin removed, the boat was operating as a tugboat called the E. G. English on the Skagit River. Around 1949, it was filled with gravel and sunk as a bank protector somewhere on the lower reaches of the river. When it turned out that the hull presented a hazard to shipping during low tides, it was dynamited and removed by the Army Corps of Engineers.Collection
Roger Sherman Collection