Jacob Kamm

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Jacob Kamm

Jacob Kamm was a prominent businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon in the 1800s. He was a founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and a shareholder in the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company. He built steamboats including in 1891, the Ocean Wave and in 1900, Athlon. One of the companies he owned was called the Vancouver Transportation Company.^[1]

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^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at page 60, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966

v • d • e Steamboats of the Columbia River and tributaries

Steamboat articles by routes	Columbia River (lower) • Willamette River • Cowlitz River • Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach) • Colville River • Arrow Lakes • Slocan Lake • Lake Chelan • Lake Okanagan • Skaha Lake • Kootenay Lake & Lower Kootenai River • Columbia Lake & Upper Kootenai River

Particular vessels	Alaskan (sidewheeler) • Altona • Athlon • Bailey Gatzert • Beaver • Colonel Wright • Eliza Anderson • Fleetwood • Georgia E. Starr • Georgiana • Hassalo (1880) • Idaho • Lot Whitcomb • Lurline • Nez Perce Chief • Olympian (sidewheeler) • T.J. Potter • Virginia V • Wide West • Willamette Chief (1874) • Wilson G. Hunt

Portages, locks, and canals	Cascade Locks and Canal • Celilo Canal • Willamette Locks • Columbia Canal

Steamboat Lines	Harkins Transportation Co. • Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Co. • Okanogan Steamboat Co. • Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. • Oregon Steam Navigation Co. • Shaver Transportation Co. • Bonner's Ferry and Kaslo Transportation Company • Alberta and British Columbia Exploration Company

Geographic Features	Columbia Gorge • Cascades Rapids • Celilo Falls • Dalles des Morts • Arrow Lakes • Columbia Lake

Steamboat owners and captains	John C. Ainsworth • John Bonser • James W. Troup • Henry Villard

Builders and shipyards	Jacob Kamm • John J. Holland

Shipwrecks	Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River • Steamboat Inspection Service

Lists of vessels	Steamboats on the Columbia

Modern ferry routes	Wahkiakum County Ferry

Steamboats in other areas	Oregon Coast • Yaquina Bay and river • Coquille River • Puget Sound • Lake Washington • Grays Harbor • Chehalis River • Hoquiam River • Willapa Bay • Lake Crescent • Nechako, Stuart & Upper Fraser Rivers • Skeena River • Stikine River • Yukon River • Lakes Route • Inside Passage • Thompson-Shuswap • Peace & Finlay Rivers • Lower Fraser River & Harrison Lake

v • d • e Oregon Steam Navigation Company

lower Columbia and lower Willamette boats	Belle (of Oregon City) (1853) • Jennie Clark (1854) • Express (1854) • Senorita (1855) • Fashion(ex-Venture) (1858) • Julia {Barclay) (1858) • Mountain Buck (1857) • Carrie Ladd (1858) • E.D. Baker (1862) • Wilson G. Hunt (1849;1862) • Cascades (1864:1865) • New World (1849;1868) • Daisy Ainsworth (1873) • Wide West (1877)

Portland to Astoria route	John H. Couch (1863) • Wenat (1867) • Dixie Thompson (1871) • Emma Hayward (1871) • Bonita (1875) • S.G. Reed (1878)

Portland to Kalama route	Welcome (1874)

middle Columbia boats	Mary (1854) • Hassaloe (1857) • Wasco (1855) • Idaho(1860) • Iris (1863) • Oneonta (1863) • Harvest Queen (1878) • R.R. Thompson (1878)

upper Columbia and lower Snake River boats	Colonel Wright (1859) • Tenino (1861) • Okanagon (1861) • Kiyus/Cayuse (1863) • Nez Perce Chief (1863) • Webfoot (1863) • Owyhee (1864) • Yakima (1864) • Almota (1876) • Spokane (1877) • Annie Faxon (1877) • Mountain Queen (1877) • John Gates (1878)

upper Willamette boats	Surprise (1857) • Onward (1858) • Rival (1860) • Willamette Chief (1874)

Cowlitz River	Rescue (1864)

upper Snake River	Shoshone (1866)

Owners and personnel	John C. Ainsworth • Jacob Kamm • William S. Ladd

v • d • e Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company

Stations and stops	McGowan · Fort Columbia · Chinook · Ilwaco · Holman · Tioga · Seaview · Long Beach · Loomis Station · Klipsan Beach · Ocean Park · Nahcotta

Steamboats	Alaskan (sidewheeler) · T.J. Potter

Owners and personnel	John C. Ainsworth · Jacob Kamm