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SERVING ALASKA
1895 - 1955
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60 years ago, March 3, 1893. the Seattle port was a-bustle with
excitement as the Steamer "Willapa"— 430 tons, 136 feet in length,
beam 21 feet. .. "handsomely furnished and newly fitted throughout
with electric lights and steam heat . . cleared its dock and headed for
Southwestern Alaska. Thus was born the Alaska Steamship Company.
MF To those who, with us, have shared the 60-year vision of
a land and people more surely marked for greatness by each
•passing year, we rededicate ourselves to a guiding principle
on which the company was founded ... to provide the
best possible service for the continuing growth and
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development of all Alaska! •
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THE MAIN LINE TO ALASKA
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