Northwestern Steamship Company

  • American

Steamship company

Notable for shipping Alaskan copper and gold. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1906/03/00 SS Orizaba and her sister ship, SS Saratoga, are purchased by Northwestern Steamship Company. The Orizaba is renamed the Northwestern. Owner SS NORTHWESTERN Shipwreck Site Unalaska Island
1911/00/00 NORTHWESTERN hauls $250,000 worth of copper ore from the Kennecott Mine in Cordova to a smelter in Tacoma, Washington. Shipper Cordova Alaska
1911/00/00 NORTHWESTERN hauls $250,000 worth of copper ore from the Kennecott Mine in Cordova to a smelter in Tacoma, Washington. Shipper Kennecott Mines Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
1911/00/00 NORTHWESTERN hauls $250,000 worth of copper ore from the Kennecott Mine in Cordova to a smelter in Tacoma, Washington. Shipper SS NORTHWESTERN Shipwreck Site Unalaska Island
1916/12/29 The NORTHWESTERN collides with the lumber schooner NORTHLAND off Northwest Seal Rock, Oregon. Owner Seal Rock Oregon
1933/07/25 At full speed, NORTHWESTERN strikes a reef off the northwestern tip of Sentinel Island despite the Lighthouse's light and fog horn. With a breached hull, she is safely beached at the mouth of Eagle River. Owner SS NORTHWESTERN Shipwreck Site Unalaska Island 1933 Voyage of the NORTHWESTERN
1933/07/25 At full speed, NORTHWESTERN strikes a reef off the northwestern tip of Sentinel Island despite the Lighthouse's light and fog horn. With a breached hull, she is safely beached at the mouth of Eagle River. Owner Sentinel Island Light Station Juneau 1933 Voyage of the NORTHWESTERN
1937/10/03 As the NORTHWESTERN departs Ketchikan, she collides with the Union Oil Dock, three gas fishing boats and the oil barge FALLS OF CLYDE. NORTHWESTERN Owner Ketchikan Alaska Final Voyages of the Northwestern
1937/10/03 As the NORTHWESTERN departs Ketchikan, she collides with the Union Oil Dock, three gas fishing boats and the oil barge FALLS OF CLYDE. NORTHWESTERN Owner FALLS OF CLYDE Honolulu Final Voyages of the Northwestern
1937/10/03 As the NORTHWESTERN departs Ketchikan, she collides with the Union Oil Dock, three gas fishing boats and the oil barge FALLS OF CLYDE. NORTHWESTERN Owner SS NORTHWESTERN Shipwreck Site Unalaska Island Final Voyages of the Northwestern
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