Senator (sternwheeler)
News item, May 7, 1875 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Senator |
| Owner | People's Transportation Co.; Oregon Steamship Co. |
| Route | Willamette River |
| In service | 1863 |
| Out of service | 1875 |
| Identification | U.S. 23148 |
| Fate | Destroyed by boiler explosion |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamship |
| Length | 123 ft (37.5 m) exclusive of fantail. |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) exclusive of guards |
| Depth | 5 ft (1.5 m) 3.5 ft (1.1 m) or depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin high-pressure steam engines, horizontally mounted, single cylinder, bore 12.25 in (0.31 m), stroke 48 in (1.22 m). |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Senator was a stern-wheel-driven steamboat which operated on the Willamette River in the state of Oregon from 1863 to 1875. Senator is chiefly remembered for its having been destroyed in a fatal boiler explosion in 1875 while making a landing at the Portland, Oregon waterfront in 1875.