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Oregon Steam Navigation Company
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The Oregon Steam Navigation Company (O.S.N.) was an American company incorporated in 1860 in Washington with partners J. S. Ruckle, Henry Olmstead, and J. O. Van Bergen. It was incorporated in Washington because of a lack of corporate laws in Oregon, though it paid Oregon taxes.[1]
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Founded | 1860 |
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Defunct | 1879 |
Fate | stock bought by Oregon Railway and Navigation Company |
Successor | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company |
Headquarters | Portland, Oregon |
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The company operated steamships between San Francisco and ports along the Columbia River at Astoria, Portland and The Dalles, serving the lumber and salmon fishing industries.[2] A railroad was built to serve the steamship industry.