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Coos Bay is a large and mostly shallow harbor on Oregon's southwest coast, to the north of the Coquille River valley. It is the major harbor on the west coast of the United States between San Francisco and the mouth of the Columbia River. Two steamboat captains from the Columbia River began steamboat operations on Coos Bay in 1873. Inland ...
In 1914, Carl Herman, who owned a boatyard at Prosper, Oregon, built the Telegraph for the Myrtle Point Transportation Company, which competed with the gasoline-powered propeller Charm on the Coquille River. [4] [3] Telegraph was (by one source) the last steamboat on the Coquille River. Her owners were able to secure a mail contract for her ...
Although the Myrtle, a propeller-driven steamboat from San Francisco, had operated on the Coquille River in 1875 under the command of Capt. John Abbot, it drew too much water and was reported to have been badly managed. [1] Little Annie, launched the next year, was the first steamer to provide successful service in the Coquille River region. [1]
Coquille was built by Frank Lowe at Coquille, Oregon in 1908 for the Coquille River Navigation Company for passenger service on the Coquille River. [1] [2] The vessel was steam-powered and propeller-driven. [1] The hull was built from Port Orford cedar. [3] On completion, the overall size of the vessel was 63 gross and 46 net tons. [4]
In 1901 only three steamers served on the river between Coquille and Myrtle Point, these were the propeller Reta (18 registered tons) the sternwheeler Echo (53 registered tons) and Welcome (21 registered tons). [4]
Myrtle was a steamboat built in 1909 for service on the Coquille River and its tributaries, in Oregon.The ability of this small vessel to reach remote locations on the river system was cited many years later as evidence in support of the important legal concept of navigability.
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Antelope was a steamboat that was operated on the Coquille River and on Coos Bay on the southern Oregon coast from 1886 to about 1908. Antelope was a versatile boat, which served in various roles, including passenger transport, barge towing, and as a fisheries tender.