Altona (sternwheeler)
Altona and Elwood at foot of Trade Street in Salem, Oregon, 1893. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Altona |
| Owner | Oregon City Transportation Company |
| Route | Columbia River, Willamette River, Alaska waters |
| Launched | 1890, at Portland, Oregon. |
| Identification | US # 106729 (original); 107453 (following reconstruction). |
| Notes | Reconstructed at Portland, Oregon, in 1899. Served on Willamette River to Corvallis, Oregon, until 1907, then transferred to Alaska. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | riverine steamboat, passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 201 gross/190 registered as built; 329 gross/ 242 as reconstructed |
| Length | 120 ft (36.58 m) as built; 123 ft (37.49 m) as reconstructed. |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.40 m) as built; 29.7 ft (9.05 m) as reconstructed. |
| Draft | 5.2 ft (1.58 m) as built; 4.8 ft (1.46 m) as reconstructed. |
| Installed power | Twin single-cylinder horizontally mounted steam engines, 12" bore by 48" stroke, 9.6 nominal horsepower. |
| 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.