Teaser (sternwheeler)
 Teaser, lower left, at Yesler Wharf circa 1877.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Teaser |
| Completed | 1874 |
| Out of service | 1879 |
| Fate | Sank 1879, raised, converted to schooner 1880. |
| Notes | Career as schooner unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamboat (1874โ1880); sailing vessel (post 1880) |
| Tonnage | 33.27 regist.[1] |
| Length | 69 ft (21.03 m)[1] |
| Beam | 13 ft (3.96 m)[1] |
| Depth | 8 ft (2.44 m) depth of hold[1] |
| Installed power | (1874โ1880): twin steam engines, horizontally mounted; cylinder bores 8 in (20.3 cm); stroke 18 in (45.7 cm)[1] |
| Propulsion | (1874โ1880) sternwheeler |
| Sail plan | Schooner (post 1880) |
Teaser was a steamboat which ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound from 1874 to 1880.
Columbia River service
Teaser was built in 1874 at
In the 1870s, the Oregon Steam Navigation Company had a monopoly on all traffic on the Columbia River. Teaser was launched as a boat to run in opposition to the monopoly, to make connections over the portage at the Cascades with the newly constructed Otter, running on the lower river. Both Teaser and Otter were too small to mount a serious challenge to the powerful Oregon Steam Navigation Co., but to prevent any competition, the monopoly bought both vessels just the same, and both vessels were sent to Puget Sound.[1]
Operations on Puget Sound
Transfer of Teaser to Puget Sound meant the vessel had to be taken through the dangerous
Sinking and conversion to sailing vessel
Teaser is reported to have sunk in an unspecified location in 1879.[2] The vessel was raised and converted into a sailing schooner in 1880.[1][2]
Notes
References
- Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
- Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (2nd Ed. 1960)
- Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1895)