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Motor Ferry Kalakala

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Stock #:115885
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
Publisher: C.P. Johnston Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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It is the world's first completely Streamlined Motor Ferry. The hull is divided into twenty-five water-tight compartments, making it virtually unsinkable. Length over all 276 feet; beam over all 55.8 feet; passenger capacity 2000; automobile capacity 110; has 5 decks; horsepower main engine 3000; cruising speed 18 knots. The Kalakala is designed primarily to meet the needs of steadily increasing passenger and automobile traffic on beautiful Puget Sound.

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