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[[File:Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Co 1906 Ad.jpg|thumb|Advertisement of 1906]]
The founders of the Black Ball Line began scheduled passenger and freight service in 1818 with four sailing ships between New York and Liverpool.<ref name=comm>1818-2018: 200 years of Black Ball History, Black Ball Ferry Line, 2018</ref> In
Before 1927, when the company was controlled by [[Joshua Green (businessman)|Joshua Green]], the house flag consisted of a design by Mrs. Green, a red star on a white diamond on a blue background. After 1927, when Joshua Green sold his interest to the Peabody family, the Black Ball company flag was transferred over to Puget Sound Navigation Co., and the company became known as the Black Ball Line.<ref>Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', at 87, n.2, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966 {{ISBN|0-87564-220-9}}</ref>
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