Beaver (1873 sternwheeler)
Beaver (sternwheel steamboat) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Willamette Transportation Co., Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Co. |
| Route | Willamette, lower Columbia, and Stikine rivers |
| Launched | August 21, 1873, at Portland |
| In service | 1873 |
| Identification | US registry # 2889 |
| Fate | May 17, 1878, hit rock and sank on Stikine River |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Shallow draft inland passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 292 gross register tons |
| Length | 125 ft (38.1 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Depth | 5.0 ft (1.5 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | Steam, twin high pressure horizontally mounted, single-cylinder engines, 14-inch bore by 48-inch stroke, 13 hp (9.7 kW) nominal |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
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Beaver was a sternwheel steamboat built in 1873 for the Willamette Transportation Company.