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Beaver (1873 sternwheeler)

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Beaver (sternwheel steamboat)
History
OwnerWillamette Transportation Co.,[1]Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Co.[2]
RouteWillamette, lowerColumbia, andStikine rivers[2]
LaunchedAugust 21, 1873,[2] atPortland[1][3]
In service1873
IdentificationUS registry # 2889
FateMay 17, 1878, hit rock and sank on Stikine River
General characteristics
TypeShallow draft inland passenger/freighter
Tonnage292 gross register tons
Length125 ft (38.1 m)[2]
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)[2]
Depth5.0 ft (1.5 m) depth of hold
Installed powerSteam, twin high pressure horizontally mounted, single-cylinder engines, 14-inch bore by 48-inch stroke, 13 hp (9.7 kW) nominal[2]
Propulsionsternwheel[1]

Beaver was a sternwheel steamboat built in 1873 for the Willamette Transportation Company.

Service history

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In 1875Beaver passed into the ownership of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Company.Beaver worked on the Willamette River and then on theColumbia River on the run fromPortland, Oregon toAstoria, Oregon.

In June 1876Beaver was sold to Uriah Nelson and taken north to theStikine River to serve traffic generated by theCassiar Gold Rush.

On May 17, 1878Beaver struck a rock 60 miles (97 km) belowGlenora, British Columbia. The boat was wrecked but her machinery was salvaged.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^abcMills, Randall V.,Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country, at 103, 143, 190, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE (1977 reprint of 1947 ed.)ISBN 0-8032-5874-7
  2. ^abcdefgAffleck, Edward L.,A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 8, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000ISBN 0-920034-08-X
  3. ^Corning, Howard McKinley,Willamette Landings -- Ghost Towns on the River, at 127, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR (2d Ed. 1973)ISBN 0-87595-042-6
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