Altona (sternwheeler)

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Career
Name: Altona
Owner: Oregon City Transportation Company
Route: Columbia River, Willamette River, Alaska waters
Launched: 1890, at Portland, Oregon[1].
Notes: Reconstructed at Portland, Oregon in 1899. Served on Willamette River to Corvallis, Oregon until 1907, then transferred to Alaska.[2]
General characteristics
Class and type: riverine steamboat, passenger/freighter
Tonnage: 201 as built; 329 as reconstructed [2]
Length: 120 ft (37 m) as built; 123 ft (37 m) as reconstructed.[2]
Installed power: Twin single-cylinder horizontally mounted steam engines
Propulsion: sternwheeler

The steamship Altona operated from 1890 to 1907 on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1907, she was transferred to Alaska.[2]

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[edit] Construction

Altona was built in 1890, at Portland, Oregon. She was a sternwheeler driven by twin-single single cylinder horizontally-mounted steam engines. She was built for the Graham steamboat line, formally called the Oregon City Transportation Company, but also known as the “Yellow Stack Line”. All the steamers of the line had names that ended in -ona: Latona, Ramona, Altona, Leona, Pomona, Oregona, and Grahamona.[1]

[edit] Operations on Willamette River

Altona ran the Willamette River as far as Corvallis, Oregon. In 1899, she was rebuilt and enlarged from 201 to 329 tons and from 120 ft (37 m) to 123 ft (37 m)[2]

[edit] Transfer to Alaska

In 1907, Altona was transferred to Alaska.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Mills, Randall V., Sternwheelers Up Columbia, at 89, University of Nebraska Press (1977 reprint of 1947 edition) ISBN 0-8032-5874-7
  2. ^ a b c d e f Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 48, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966

[edit] External links

[edit] Salem, Oregon Public Library image collection

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