Lurline (1878 sternwheeler)
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Lurline was a steamboat that served from 1878 to 1930 on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Lurline was a classic example of the Columbia river type of steamboat.
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![]() Lurline at Cathlamet, Washington circa 1903 | |
History | |
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Name | Lurline |
Owner | Vancouver Transportation Co.[1] others later, including Harkins Transportation Co. |
Route | Columbia River |
Builder | Designed by Jacob Kamm; joiner work by James Reed |
Cost | $40,000 |
In service | 1878 |
Out of service | about 1930 |
Fate | Dismantled, upper works to L.P. Hosford, hull abandoned near Government Island on Columbia River |
General characteristics | |
Type | Inland steamship |
Tonnage | 481 gross tonnage; 338 registered tonnage[1] |
Length | 155 ft (47 m) length of keel, 175 ft (53 m) overall |
Beam | 30 ft (9 m) |
Draft | 3.0 ft (1 m) |
Depth | 6.5 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
Decks | three (freight/engines, passenger, hurricane) |
Installed power | twin horizontal steam engines, 18" bore by 72" stroke, constructed by Marlan & Hollingsworth. Locomotive-type tubular boiler, constructed by Ward, Stanton & Co, Newburgh, NY. |
Propulsion | sternwheel, 18 ft (5 m) , 17 buckets, each bucket 16.0 ft (5 m) long, 24 inches wide, with 26 inch dip.[1] |
Speed | about 17 miles per hour maximum[1] |
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