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Steamboats on the Coquille River [6] Name Registry # Type Year built Where built Builders Owners Gross tons Length End year Disposition ft m Antelope [2] 106440 prop 1886 Marshfield: Reed, O. 33 64 19.5 Ceres: 125617 prop 1877 Coquille River Reed, Edward 20 51 15.5 1887 O Charm [4] [7] [V 1] 211489 prop 1913 Prosper: Herman Bros. 42 75 22.9 ...
From August 6, 1908, to March 3, 1910, Favorite was running on the following schedule on the Coquille River set by its owners, the Coquille River Transportation Company: two trips a day running between Bandon and Coquille City, departing from Bandon at 6:45 am, and 1:20 p.m, and departing from Coquille City at 9:15 am and at 4:00 p.m. [12] [13]
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 ...
Steamboats of the Coquille River; E. Echo (1901 sternwheeler) F. Favorite (steamboat) L. Liberty (sternwheeler) T. Telegraph (1914 sternwheeler) W. Washington ...
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]
Telegraph was a sternwheel steamboat that was operated on the Coquille River on the southern Oregon coast from 1914 to 1927. Telegraph is perhaps best known for having been in involved in collisions with rival steamboats, apparently as a result of fierce competition for business on the Coquille River.
Liberty was a sternwheel steamboat that was operated on the Coquille River and then on Coos Bay from 1903 to 1918. Liberty was notable for having its ownership entangled in various legal claims in the early 1910s, including some involving a colorful North Bend, Oregon business promoter Lorenzo Dow "Major" Kinney (1855-1920).
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]