Regulator (sternwheeler)
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Regulator was a sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1891 which operated on the Columbia River until 1906, when it was destroyed by explosion which killed two of its crew, while on the ways undergoing an overhaul at St. Johns, Oregon.
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Regulator at the dock at the foot of Court Street, The Dalles, Oregon, circa 1892 | |
History | |
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Name | Regulator |
Owner | Dalles, Portland, and Astoria Nav. Co. |
Route | Columbia River |
Builder | Louis Paquet |
Cost | $30,000 |
Completed | 1891 |
Out of service | 1906 |
Identification | U.S. 110935 |
Fate | Destroyed by explosion and fire |
General characteristics | |
Type | Riverine all-purpose |
Length | 152 ft (46.3 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail) |
Beam | 28 ft 9 in (8.8 m) over hull (exclusive of guards |
Depth | 6.5 ft 0 in (1.98 m) |
Decks | two (main and passenger) |
Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 16 in (406.4 mm) and stroke of 7 ft (2.13 m); 300 to 350 total indicated HP. |
Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Speed | Maximum reported: 18.5 miles per hour. |
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