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The Julia Belle Swain is a steam-powered sternwheeler currently under restoration in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. [1]Designed and built in 1971 by Capt. Dennis Trone, the Julia Belle was the last boat built by Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works of Dubuque, Iowa.
Delta Queen is an American sternwheel steamboat. ... [20] [21] Ambassadors International listed the ship for sale beginning in late 2008 at a price of $4.75 million, ...
Cascade (also seen as Cascades) was a stern-wheel-driven steamboat built in Oregon which operated on the lower Columbia and the lower Willamette rivers. The vessel ran from 1864 to 1870, mainly under the ownership of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.
Sternwheeler Relief, crushed in ice at Salem, Oregon. On December 24, 1924, the Willamette River, for the first time in many years, froze bank to bank at Salem. [ 35 ] Relief had loaded nearly 100 tons of cargo, mostly paper, at the Chemeketa street dock at about 10:00 a.m. when a sudden change in current brought ice to the vessel, crossing it ...
The vessel broke free as the water receded, but there was serious damage to the deck beams, guards and other components. [28] The locks and been sold to the government by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, and O.C.T.C. blamed the incident of poor maintenance of the locks by the government since the sale. [28]
Shoo Fly was a sternwheel-driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the 1870s. Originally built as primarily a freight boat, the vessel was used in other roles, including towing and clearing of snags. Shoo Fly inspired the name of another sternwheeler on the Willamette River, Don't Bother Me. [1]
At Oregon City the engines were taken out, and the boat was lowered down the ramp in the warehouse of the People's Transportation Company to the lower Willamette River. [10] The engines were replaced, and the boat was taken to the Cowlitz River. [10] Pumphrey Landing was the departure point for the overland stage to Olympia, W.T. [11]
The boat remained out of service as of September 21, 1906, lying at Portland at the Duniway dock on the east side of the Willamette River. [92] The steamer was still of service through February 1907 when there was talk of sale of the vessel for use in California on San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River. [93]