Portland Shipbuilding Company

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The Portland Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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History

The Portland Shipbuilding Company completed Ponoma in 1898. Pomona at Oregon City circa 1890.jpg
The Portland Shipbuilding Company completed Ponoma in 1898.

The Portland Shipbuilding Company completed the sternwheeler Ponoma in 1898. [1] The company first appears in the Polk Directory for Portland, Oregon, in 1899/1900. [2] Early directory entries list the shipyard as being located at a number of different streets in an area north of the present-day Ross Island Bridge. The company later moved to a site at the foot of SW Nebraska Street. [2]

The company constructed paddle steamers for much of its early history. [3] During World War II, it built several types of wooden barges for the U.S. Army and Navy. [4]

After the war, the company continued limited repair operations until a 1964 flood destroyed much of its facilities. [3] The City of Portland purchased the company's 7-acre (2.8 ha) site in February 1969 in order to expand Willamette Park, a public park immediately to the south. [3]

Notable vessels

Constructed

Rebuilt

References

  1. 1 2 "New River Steamer". The Oregonian . June 24, 1898. p. 8.
  2. 1 2 "Notes on Portland Shipbuilding Company" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Larry Barber (December 21, 1969). "Memories Made of Wood". Northwest Magazine. The Oregonian. pp. 12–14.
  4. ↑ La Du, Robert R. (2016). "Portland Shipbuilding Company". Her Finest Hour: Shipbuilding in the Portland Area During World War II. Page Publishing. p. 93. ISBN   978-1-68348-800-2.
  5. ↑ "Jessie Harkins Launched: Hosford's Gasoline Steamer Ready for Service". The Morning Oregonian. November 19, 1903. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Steamer Cowlitz Finished". The Morning Oregonian. March 9, 1917. p. 16.
  7. ↑ "Sarah Will Be Rebuilt". The Oregon Daily Journal . December 22, 1905. p. 9.
  8. ↑ "Without Ceremonies: New Steamer Sarah Dixon Makes Initial Slide in Willamette River". The Oregon Daily Journal. May 27, 1906. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Gatzert Is Afloat". The Sunday Oregonian. August 25, 1907. p. 8.

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