Columbia (1850 sidewheeler)
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The Columbia was a steamboat built at Astoria, Oregon in 1850. It was the first steamboat built in the Oregon Territory, and the first to establish regular service on the lower Columbia and Willamette rivers. This vessel should not be confused with the many other craft with the same or a similar name, including in particular at least four other vessels named Columbia which ran on the Columbia river or its tributaries.
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Name | Columbia (sidewheel steamboat) |
Owner | Frost, Adair, Leonards and Green[1] |
Route | lower Columbia River and lower Willamette River |
Builder | Thomas Goodwin and George Hewitt[1] |
Launched | 1850, at Astoria, Oregon[1] |
Type | Shallow draft inland passenger/freight, wooden construction |
Length | 90 ft (27.4 m)[1] |
Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m)[1] |
Depth | About 4 ft (1.2 m) depth of hold[2] |
Installed power | Steam engines, 8 in (20 cm) bore by 24 in (61 cm) stroke[1] |
Propulsion | Sidewheels |
Speed | 4 mi (6.4 km) per hour or a little more[3] |
Notes | Dismantled 1852, engines to sidewheeler Fashion[3] |
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