From the 1880s to the early 1920s the Puget Sound area depended on ships to move goods and people. There were over 2,000 such ships, so many they were called the "mosquito fleet", and they were of critical importance until rail and, especially, roads made them redundant. Now, the only one left is the Virginia V, launched in 1922 and still using her original steam engine cast in 1888. She's a big, beautiful mosquito.
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