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Dix (steamboat)
The steamboat ''Dix'' operated from 1904 to 1906 as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. She was sunk in a collision which remains one of the most serious transportation accidents in the state of Washington to this day.
In May 2011, it was reported that wreckage likely to be that of the ''Dix'' had been confirmed off Seattle's Alki Point.〔〔
==Construction==
''Dix'' was built in 1904 at the Tacoma yard of Crawford and Reid.. ''Dix'' was long, on the beam, depth of hold, and rated at 130 tons.〔 Later, given her tragic end, it was recalled, perhaps superstitiously, that the launching of ''Dix'' was a failure. The vessel had simply refused to move down the ways at Crawford and Reid, and had to be hauled into the water the next day by Captain Sutter in command of Tacoma Tug and Barge’s ''Fairfield''.〔Newell, Gordon R., ''Ships of the Inland Sea'', at 142-43, Binford and Mort, Portland, OR (2nd Ed. 1960)〕〔Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', at 105, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966〕
''Dix'' was purpose-built for one route only, the run across Elliott Bay from Seattle to Alki Point, then the main recreation area for Seattle. Her owners were A.B.C. Dennison and W.L. Dudley, doing business as the Seattle and Alki Point Transportation Company. She was lightly built, and apparently top-heavy, as the steamboat inspectors twice refused to issue her a seaworthiness certificate, only relenting when her builders installed 7 tons of gravel ballast in her hull and 5 tons of iron weights bolted to her keel.〔McCurdy at 105 states that the inspectors required of permanent ballast be installed. This higher figure may be erroneous given the size of the vessel and the more detailed breakdown supplied by Newell〕 Even so, she was said to be difficult to handle.〔Newell, ''Ships of the Inland Sea'', at 143〕
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