Beaver (1873 sternwheeler)

Beaver (sternwheel steamboat)
History
Owner	Willamette Transportation Co.,[2] Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Co.[1]
Route	Willamette, lower Columbia, and Stikine rivers[1]
Launched	August 21, 1873,[1] at Portland[2][3]
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)[1]
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)[1]
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[1]
Propulsion	sternwheel[2]

Beaver was a sternwheel steamboat built in 1873 for the Willamette Transportation Company.

Service history

In 1875 Beaver passed into the ownership of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Company. Beaver worked on the Willamette River and then on the Columbia River on the run from Portland, Oregon to Astoria, Oregon.

In June 1876 Beaver was sold to Uriah Nelson and taken north to the

On May 17, 1878 Beaver struck a rock 60 miles (97 km) below Glenora, British Columbia. The boat was wrecked but her machinery was salvaged.^[1]

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