Gazelle (motor vessel)

Last updated
Gazelle (motor vessel) at Portland circa 1905.jpg
History
NameGazelle
OwnerMcLean & Key; O.S. Hosford; Lane Bros.
Route Willamette and Columbia rivers; Yaquina Bay; Oregon coast
LaunchedMarch 16, 1905
IdentificationU.S. 204750
FateAbandoned 1929
General characteristics
Typeinland and coastal excursion launch and ferry (1905-1909; 1910-1911); offshore fishing vessel (1909)
Length50 ft (15.24 m)
Beam12.3 ft (3.75 m)
Depth3.4 ft (1.04 m) depth of hold
Installed power Gasoline engine
Propulsionpropeller
Capacity100 passengers (1911)

Gazelle was a gasoline powered launch that operated on the Willamette and Columbia river from 1905 to 1911. For short periods of time Gazelle was operated on the Oregon Coast, on Yaquina Bay and also as an off-shore fishing vessel, in the Coos Bay area.

Contents

Construction

Gazelle was built in Portland, Oregon in 1905. [1] Gazelle was launched on March 16, 1905. [2]

Gazelle was taken on its trial run on March 17, 1905 in Portland, Oregon harbor. [3] [2] According to a contemporary report, Gazelle was 55 ft (16.76 m) long. [3] According to the official merchant vessel registry, Gazelle was 50 ft (15.24 m) long with a beam of 12.3 ft (3.75 m) and depth of hold of 3.4 ft (1.04 m). [1]

The gasoline engine that had been in the motor vessel Jessie Harkins had been installed into Gazelle. [3] The engine was reported to generate 50 indicated horsepower. [1] Gazelle’s official merchant vessel registry number was 204751. [1] Passenger capacity in 1905 was reported to be 75 persons. [2]

Early career

The original owners of Gazelle were McLean & Key, of La Grande, Oregon. [4] [2] According to a contemporaneous report, the builder’s plan was to use Gazelle in connection with the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, which was to be held in Portland starting on June 1, 1905. [3] [2] In June 1905 Gazelle carried officials of the Portland Rowing Club in connection with shell racing events. [5] A non-contemporaneous history states that Gazelle was built in Portland for service at Astoria. [6]

Also in June 1905 Gazelle was used for tourist excursions up the Columbia river. [7]

In July 1905 Gazelle was used to make runs from Portland to the Oaks Amusement Park. [8] In the second half of August 1905, Gazelle was put to work pulling out old pilings at the foot of Oak Street. [9]

In August 1905, Capt. C.J. McLean, owner and operator of Gazelle, bought the Stark Street float and boat landing from Anderson & Crowe, who had constructed the facility before the Lewis & Clark Exposition. [10] McLean planned to use the property for a good number of the gasoline launches operating in Portland harbor. [10] McLean also intended to engage in a general towing and jobbing business, with the assistance of P.Z. Davis. [10]

In December 1905, McLean advertised Gazelle as running from the Stark Street dock downriver for St. Johns and Linnton, and way points, as well as any ship in the harbor, departing at 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. [11] Gazelle left St. Johns at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. [11]

Safety issues

At just under 15 tons (a measure of size, not weight) Gazelle was considered one of the larger launches. [8] These small vessels were sometimes called the "mosquito fleet" in contemporary accounts. [8] Gasoline-powered vessels smaller than 15 gross tons were not subject to the jurisdiction or safety requirements of the Steamboat Inspection Service.

Collision with rowboat

On the evening of July 23, 1905, while Gazelle was moving upriver towards the Oaks, it collided with a rowboat occupied by four people, reported to be Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Colby and R.W. Trussell and wife. [8] According to Colby, the collision occurred near the downriver end of Ross Island just before 10:00 p.m. [8]

The rowboat was displaying a light at its bow, but according to Colby, no light could be seen displayed by the launch. [8] He first noticed the launch about 50 yards away when he heard the sound of a gasoline engine. [8] Colby called out to alert the launch to turn aside, but this was not availing. [8] Although the rowboat was overturned and the four people in it thrown in the water, fortunately no one was drowned. [8]

The next day, Gazelle’s captain, C.J. McLean, gave a different account of events. [12] According to McLean, the lights on Gazelle were burning, and the light on the rowboat was not visible, as he had found to be commonly the case. [12] The shouts from the rowboat were confusing as to which direction they wanted Gazelle to turn, and he had done everything he could to avoid the collision. [12]

Equipment deficiencies

On Monday August 7, 1905, a reporter searched among the passenger-carrying gasoline launches serving the Portland area, and found that only one of them, Gloria, carried any life preservers on board. [13] Gloria often carried 35 to 40 people and had only two life preservers fastened to two long lines. [13]

The occasion for the reporter’s inquiry was the recent death of two people, Fred and Madeline Steffenson, who were drowned as a result of a collision involving the gasoline launch Fox. [13] According to the reporter for the Morning Oregonian, had Fox been properly equipped with life preservers, it is unlikely that the Steffensons would have drowned. [13]

Steamboat Inspector Fuller was quoted at the time as saying "I believe there are more gasoline launches in our district than in any other in the country. On Coos Bay alone there are 90 launches. There are several hundred on the Willamette and the Columbia." [13]

It happened that George Uhler, Supervising Inspector-General of the Steamboat Inspection Service was in Portland at the time. Uhler was reported to have said that nothing but Congress could include launches under 15 tons in size within the requirements for inspection. [13] Uhler reiterated the statement that he had made in his last report to the Department of Commerce and Labor, where he called attention to the fact that there were only a few gasoline launches large enough to be subject to inspections (only 209 in the last fiscal year) and compared to a tremendous number of vessels just under the inspection threshold. [13]

The newspaper account in the Morning Oregonian laid the blame on the Standard Oil Company, which sold the gasoline to the motor launches. [13] The Oregonian stated the issue:

Every launch-owner knows that the law is wrong in principle but he does not scruple to take advantage of it. Steamers are rigidly inspected, but the magic word of ‘gasoline’ is a defiance to the Inspector. Take an instance of the boats plying the Willamette this Summer. The steamer Canby was allowed only 50 passengers. It meant a heavy fine to be caught with more on board. Yet the launches Gazelle, Princess May, Fox and others frequently carried a dozen more than 50 though they are of smaller size. The Canby had to carry life preservers. The launches did not. [13]

Grounding

Gazelle was built before riverine vessels were equipped with wireless. When in trouble, help had to be summoned in other ways. For example, when Gazelle was coming up the Willamette River on the night of Friday, December 8, 1905, the vessel missed the channel and struck ground near St. Johns. [14] A crewman had to wade ashore and place a telephone call for assistance, after which a passing steamer pulled Gazelle off the bottom. [14]

Sale to O.S. Hosford

On August 28, 1906, Capt. O.S. (or O.W.) Hosford bought Gazelle from McLean & Key. [4] Hosford intended to keep Gazelle on the same route that it had been running on, from Portland to Linnton. [4] Hosford paid $1,363 for Gazelle, which was considered a bargain price. [15] McLean, the former owner, was to remain in command. [15] Gazelle had been doing a lot of harbor jobbing work, but had lost a lot of money during the Lewis & Clark fair, and for that reason was sold for a price that was considered very low. [15]

Transfer to Yaquina Bay

T.M. Richardson, with passenger barge on Yaquina Bay, June 1907 or earlier. Gazelle replaced Richardson in 1907, doing the same work. T.M. Richardson with barge circa 1907.png
T.M. Richardson , with passenger barge on Yaquina Bay, June 1907 or earlier. Gazelle replaced Richardson in 1907, doing the same work.

For most of the summer of 1907, T.M. Richardson, a Yaquina Bay passenger steamer, was out of operation undergoing repairs. [16] Richardson had broken its propeller shaft. [17] This was not the only time that Richardson had been out of service during the summer of 1907. [18]

Richardson was replaced on the route by the gasoline launch Gazelle, which arrived at Yaquina Bay from Portland on Saturday, August 3, 1907. [17] (Gazelle was also expected to be used on fishing expeditions in the open ocean off of Yaquina Bay. [17] ) According to a critic of the Richardson, the gasoline launches towed the "same old boathouse scow that the Richardson tows when it is able to navigate." [18]

On Saturday, August 10, 1907, Gazelle was taken out across the Yaquina bar on two whale watching excursions, each time "loaded with passengers." [19] Whales had been seen in the ocean off Nye Beach in the previous few days. [19] Gazelle encountered ten whales, one of which rose about 25 rods ahead of Gazelle, but dove down again quickly so there was no collision with the vessel. [19]

Ferry service on the Columbia river

By late September 1907, Richardson had been returned to service on the run between Newport and Yaquina City, where it met the trains of the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad. [16] Gazelle which had been towing the barge Elk and covering the trans-bay work for the Richardson, was transferred back to Portland, leaving Yaquina Bay on the morning of Tuesday, September 10, 1907. [20] Gazelle was piloted on this trip by Capt. H.W. Scott. [21] Gazelle had been heavily braced to handle the rough seas of the open ocean, but arrived safely in Astoria, Oregon the same day. [21]

In October 1907 Gazelle took the place of the steam ferry Vancouver, running for a nearly a month between Hayden Island and north shore of the Columbia River at Clark County, Washington, while Vancouver was out for repairs. [22] Captain Scott was still in command at this time. [23]

Return to Oregon coast service

In February 1909, it was reported that Gazelle had been reconfigured at the Graham shipyard to be a deep-sea fishing vessel. [24] The rebuilt Gazelle was launched on the afternoon of February 16, 1909, and its owners planned to take it around to Yaquina Bay to operate as fishing smack during the spring and summer. [24] Prior to this, Gazelle had been on the Portland-Vancouver route carrying freight. [24]

Gazelle cleared the Astoria customs house on February 23, 1909, and was headed for Newport. [25] Captain Vogt was then in command. [25] The plan was to try Gazelle on the deep-sea fisheries off the course, with the first work being done on the halibut banks about 40 miles west of Yaquina Bay. [25] Capt. Richard Obie would take charge of the vessel for this work. [25] After that the intention was for Gazelle to work its way back to Astoria. [25]

In April 1909, Gazelle, under Captain Boeth, was brought to the Coos Bay area to fish on the off shore banks between Coos Bay and Coquille. [26] Captain Boeth intended to sell part of his catch to the local market, and would ship the rest inland on ice. [26]

On December 4, 1909, the outbound steamship Yellowstone encountered Gazelle in distress off the mouth of the Columbia River and towed it back inside. [27] Gazelle had been traveling from Newport to Astoria, Oregon when it had an engine failure. [27]

Rammed and sunk

Advertisement for excursions on Gazelle, placed June 12, 1913 Gazelle ad 12 Jun 1913.jpg
Advertisement for excursions on Gazelle, placed June 12, 1913

During the night of July 20–21, 1910, while Gazelle was moored at Vancouver, Washington, it was rammed during the night by another vessel. [28] As a result Gazelle sank, leaving the pilot house above the surface of the water. [28] The name of the other vessel was not disclosed in the initial report. [28] Gazelle was then valued at about $4,000 and was owned by the Scott brothers. [28] Following the sinking, the tug Alarm was placed alongside Gazelle. [28] Gazelle was thought likely to be raised and returned to service. [28]

Later excursion work

In June 1913, Gazelle was engaged in excursion work to Oregon City, Vancouver, and other points during the Portland Rose Festival, carrying up to 100 passengers at a time. [29]

Disposition

Gazelle was abandoned in 1929. [30]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Treasury Dept, Statistics Bureau (1907). Annual List of Merchant Vessels (FY end June 30, 1906). Vol. 38. Wash. DC: GPO. 225. hdl:2027/uc1.b3330070.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 C.S. "Sam" Jackson, ed. (March 17, 1905), "Along the Waterfront", Oregon Daily Journal , Portland, OR: Journal Pub. Co., vol. 4, no. 10, 5, col.5
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Marine Notes", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 45, no. 13, 814, 14, col.5, March 18, 1905
  4. 1 2 3 "Marine Notes", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 46, no. 14, 266, 14, col.2, August 29, 1906
  5. ↑ "Rowing Club's Regatta —First of Series to Be Rowed This Season", The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 24, no. 24, Part Two, page 16, col. 2, June 11, 1905
  6. ↑ Newell, Gordon R., ed. (1966). "Maritime Events of 1905". H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle, WA: Superior Pub. Co. 113. LCCN   66025424.
  7. ↑ "Fierce River War — Bad Names Fly Thick Around Launch Landings", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 45, no. 13, 893, 12, col.5, June 19, 1905
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Rowboat is Run Down By Launch — Three Are Thrown Into the Water as Result of Accident", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR: H.L. Pittock, vol. 45, no. 13, 923, 9, col, July 24, 1905
  9. ↑ "Pulling Out Old Piling", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 45, no. 13, 946, 14, col.2, August 19, 1905
  10. 1 2 3 C.S. "Sam" Jackson, ed. (August 20, 1905), "Along the Waterfront", Oregon Daily Journal , Portland, OR: Journal Pub. Co., vol. 2, no. 23, 6, col.3
  11. 1 2 C.S. "Sam" Jackson, ed. (December 27, 1905), "For St. Johns, Linnton, and way points …", Oregon Daily Journal , Portland, OR: Journal Pub. Co., vol. 4, no. 254, 7. col.1
  12. 1 2 3 "Gazelle's Captain Tells His Side", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 45, no. 13, 924, 6, col.4, July 25, 1905
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Outside the Law — Launches Need Not Carry Any Safety Appliances — No Inspection At All — Standard Oil Influence in Congress Believed to Have Effectually Delayed Necessary Amendment to Federal Regulations", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 45, no. 13, 936, 5, col.3, August 8, 1905
  14. 1 2 "Marine Notes", The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, OR, Part Two, page 18, col.4, December 10, 1905
  15. 1 2 3 C.S. "Sam" Jackson, ed. (August 28, 1906), "Hosford Gets Snap — Steamboat Owner Buys the Gasoline Boat Gaselle for Small Price", Oregon Daily Journal , Portland, OR: Journal Pub. Co., vol. 5, no. 150, 7, cols. 4–5
  16. 1 2 "Three vessels are now in Yaquina Bay". Corvallis Gazette. Vol. 44, no. 80. Corvallis, OR. Sep 27, 1907. p. 3 col. 4.
  17. 1 2 3 "Boats Being Sold — Several Launches Leave Portland for New Pastures". The Oregon Daily Journal . Vol. 6, no. 132. Portland, OR: C.S. "Sam" Jackson. Aug 7, 1907. p. 7 col. 1.
  18. 1 2 Jones, B.F. (Aug 9, 1907). "Handles Nevins Without Gloves". The Daily Oregon Journal . Vol. 6, no. 134. Portland, OR: C.S. "Sam" Jackson. p. 2 col. 2.
  19. 1 2 3 "Gazelle Runs Into Whales — Excursion Boat from Newport Finds School of Ten", Morning Oregonian (Dateline: Newport, Or., Aug. 12 (Special)), Portland, OR, vol. 46, no. 14, 564, 4, col.4, August 13, 1907
  20. ↑ "Long Trip on Foot … The steamer Richardson is once more in commission …", Morning Oregonian (Dateline: Newport, Or. Sept. 14 (Special)), Portland, OR, vol. 36, no. 37, Section Two, Page 15, col.3, September 15, 1907
  21. 1 2 "The tug Gazelle Captain H.W. Scott, …", Morning Astorian, Astoria, OR: J.S. Dellinger Co., vol. 58, no. 211, 4, col.3, September 11, 1907
  22. ↑ "Ferry Again in Commission", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 46, no. 14, 634, 16, cols.1–2, November 2, 1907
  23. ↑ "Navigation Laws to Be Enforced — Customs Officials Watch Owners of Launches for Enrollment", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 46, no. 14, 629, 9, col.1, October 28, 1907
  24. 1 2 3 "Gazelle to Engage in Sea Fishing", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 49, no. 15, 046, 10, col.5, February 17, 1909
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ocean, Bar, Bay, Dock, and River …The sea-going launch Gazelle, Captain Vogt in command …", The Morning Astorian, Astoria, OR, vol. 36, no. 48, 4, col.1, February 24, 1909
  26. 1 2 "Will Fish Here", Coos Bay Times, Marshfield, OR, vol. 3, no. 229, 3, col.4, April 7, 1909
  27. 1 2 "Little Craft in Distress — Gasoline Launch Gazelle Picked Up by Steamer Yellowstone", The Sunday Oregonian (Dateline: Astoria, Or., Dec. 4 (Special)), Portland, OR, vol. 28, no. 49, Section Four, p.10, col.1, December 5, 1909
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Launch Rammed; Sinks — Vancouver Boat Goes Down in Columbia River During Night", Morning Oregonian (Dateline: Vancouver, Wash., July 21 (Special)), Portland, OR, vol. 50, no. 15, 492, 2, col.4, July 22, 1910
  29. ↑ "River Excursion", Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR, vol. 53, no. 16, 395, 19, col.5, June 12, 1913
  30. ↑ Mills, Randall V. (1947). "Appendix A: Steamers of the Columbia River System". Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska. 194. ISBN   0-8032-5874-7. LCCN   77007161.

Related Research Articles

<i>Bailey Gatzert</i> (sternwheeler)

The Bailey Gatzert was a famous sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound from the 1890s to the 1920s. This vessel was considered one of the finest of its time. It was named after Bailey Gatzert, an early businessman and mayor of Seattle, who was one of the closest friends and business associates of John Leary – the person who financed the ship.

<i>Gazelle</i> (1854 sidewheeler) American ship

Gazelle was an early sidewheeler on the Willamette River in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. She did not operate long, suffering a catastrophic boiler explosion on April 8, 1854, less than a month after her trial voyage. This was the worst such explosion ever to occur in the Pacific Northwest states. The wrecked Gazelle was rebuilt and operated for a few years, first briefly as the unpowered barge Sarah Hoyt and then, with boilers installed, as the steamer Señorita. A victim of the explosion was D.P. Fuller, age 28, who is buried in Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

<i>T.M. Richardson</i>

T.M. Richardson was a steamboat built in 1888 at Oneatta, Oregon, which served on Yaquina Bay and on the Yaquina River from 1888 to 1908. This vessel was commonly known as the Richardson or the T.M.

<i>Sarah Dixon</i> (sternwheeler)

Sarah Dixon was a wooden sternwheel-driven steamboat operated by the Shaver Transportation Company on the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers from 1892 to 1926. Originally Sarah Dixon was built as a mixed use passenger and freight vessel, and was considered a prestige vessel for the time.

<i>Montesano</i> (sternwheeler)

Montesano was a steamboat that was operated from 1882 to about 1903 in the coastal regions of Oregon and southwest Washington, including Astoria, Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, the Chehalis River, Yaquina Bay and Coos Bay. The Montesano of 1882, built in Astoria, should not be confused with another, larger sternwheeler, also named Montesano, built-in Cosmopolis, Washington, in 1889.

<i>Truant</i> (steamboat)

Truant was a steamboat that was operated in the Yaquina Bay region of Oregon from 1911 to 1919, transporting passengers and freight, and engaging in towing work. After 1919, Truant was transferred to the Columbia River.

<i>Sue H. Elmore</i> Steamboat

Sue H. Elmore was a steamboat built for service on the coast of Oregon and southwest Washington. From 1900 to 1917, the vessel's principal route ran from Portland, Oregon down the Columbia River to Astoria, and then west across the Columbia Bar, then south along the Oregon coast to Tillamook Bay. Once at Tillamook Bay, Sue H. Elmore was one of the few vessels that could reach Tillamook City at the extreme southern edge of the mostly very shallow bay. After this Sue H. Elmore was sold, being operated briefly in Puget Sound under the name Bergen, and then for many years, out of San Diego, California as a tugboat under the name Cuyamaca. During World War II Cuyamaca was acquired by the U.S. Army which operated the vessel as ST-361. Afterwards the army sold ST-361 and the vessel returned to civilian ownership, again under the name Cuyamaca. In 1948 Cuyamaca sank in a harbor in Venezuela, but was raised and by the early 1950s, was owned by one A. W. Smith, of Pensacola, Florida. This vessel's former landing place in Tillamook, Oregon is now a municipal park named after the ship.

W.H. Harrison was a steam schooner that operated from 1890 to 1905 on the coast of Oregon, the lower Columbia River, and southwest Washington state. At that time the salmon cannery industry was one of the major businesses of the coast. W.H. Harrison, while also carrying passengers and transporting general freight and lumber, was one of a number of steamers supplying materials to canneries along the coast, and transporting cases of canned salmon from the canneries.

<i>Wallamet</i> (1853 sidewheeler)

Wallamet was a sidewheel-driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Oregon and later on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers in California. Built in a Mississippi river style that was not suited to the conditions of these rivers, and suffering from construction defects, Wallamet was not a financially successful vessel. The name of this vessel is often seen spelled as Willamette.

<i>Newport</i> (steamboat)

Newport was an American steamboat built in 1908 at Yaquina City, Oregon. Now a ghost town, Yaquina City was then the terminus of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad. For many years Newport transported excursionists in the summer months across a short water route between Yaquina City and the town of Newport, Oregon.

<i>Harvest Queen</i> (sternwheeler)

Harvest Queen was the name of two stern-wheel steamboat built and operated in Oregon. Both vessels were well known in their day and had reputations for speed, power, and efficiency.The first Harvest Queen, widely considered one of the finest steamers of its day, was constructed at Celilo, Oregon, which was then separated from the other portions of the navigable Columbia River by two stretches of difficult to pass rapids.

<i>Bonita</i> (1900 sternwheeler)

Bonita was a steamboat which operated on the Willamette and Yamhill rivers. This boat was renamed Metlako in 1902, and operated under that name until 1924 on the Columbia River and its tributaries, the Cowlitz, Lewis and Lake rivers. In 1924, Metlako was renamed B. H. Smith Jr., operating under that name until 1931, when the steamer was abandoned. As Bonita, in September 1900, this vessel was the first steamer to pass through the Yamhill locks.

<i>No Wonder</i> (sternwheeler)

No Wonder was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette, Columbia and Cowlitz rivers from 1889 to 1930. No Wonder was originally built in 1877 as Wonder, which was dismantled in 1888, with components being shifted over to a new hull, which when launched in late 1889 was called No Wonder.

<i>Telephone</i> (sternwheeler)

Telephone was a sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1884 by Captain Uriah Bonsor "U.B." Scott for service on the Columbia River. Reputedly the fastest steamboat in the world in its time, Telephone served on the Columbia River and San Francisco Bay. Telephone was rebuilt at least twice. The first time was after a fire in 1887 which nearly destroyed the vessel. The reconstructed and much larger second vessel was sometimes referred to as Telephone No. 2. The third vessel, Telephone No. 3, built in 1903 and using components from the second steamer was larger but little used during its time on the Columbia river.

<i>Mascot</i> (sternwheeler)

Mascot was a sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1890 which operated primarily on a route running from Portland, Oregon down the Willamette and Columbia rivers to points on the Lewis and Lake rivers. Points served included the town of Woodland, Washington, on the main branch of the Lewis, and La Center, Washington on the east fork.

<i>Jessie Harkins</i>

Jessie Harkins was a propeller-driven steamboat that operated on the Columbia River in the USA starting in 1903. It was rebuilt at least twice. Originally, Jessie Harkins was one of the larger gasoline-engined vessels to operate on the Columbia River. Jessie Harkins was built for the Harkins Transportation Company.

<i>Joseph Kellogg</i> (sternwheeler)

Joseph Kellogg was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette, Columbia, and Cowlitz rivers for the Kellogg Transportation Company. It was named after the company's founder, Joseph Kellogg (1812-1903). The sternwheeler Joseph Kellogg was built in 1881 at Portland, Oregon.

<i>Undine</i> (Columbia River sternwheeler) American passenger steamboat

Undine was a sternwheel-driven steamboat that operated from 1887 to 1935 on the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers. From 1935 to 1940 the same vessel was operated under the name The Dalles.

<i>Ilwaco</i> (steamship)

Ilwaco was a small riverine and coastal steamship built in 1890 which was operated as a passenger vessel for the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, and later served in other roles, including tow and freight boat, cannery tender and fish packing vessel. Ilwaco was originally named Suomi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Callendar Navigation Company</span>

The Callendar Navigation Company, sometimes seen as the Callendar Transportation Company, started in business in the early 1900s. Callendar was formed in the early 1900s, and was based in Astoria, Oregon. Callender was to become one of six large towing companies of the Columbia and Willamette rivers in the early decades of the 1900s, the others being Shaver Transportation, Smith Transportation, Hosford, Knappton Towing Co., and Willamette and Columbia River Towing Co. In 1922, Callendar Navigation merged with Knappton Towboat Co., which existed, with a name change in 1990, and which became part of Foss Marine in 1993.

References

Printed sources

On-line newspapers and journals

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.