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Imnaha (sternwheeler)
''Imhaha'' was a stern-wheel steamboat which operated on the Snake River in the Pacific Northwest in 1903. The steamer was built, launched, placed in service, and wrecked within a single year. The rapids on the Snake river had only rarely been surmounted by a steamboat, and generally only with the aid of a steel cable for lining (steamboat), lining used to winch the entire boat upstream through the rapids. After only a few trips, ''Imnaha'' was destroyed in Mountain Sheep rapids, just downstream from the mining settlement of Eureka, on the Oregon side of the river. Construction ''Imnaha'' was built at Lewiston, Idaho for the Lewiston Southern Company or the Lewiston Southern Navigation Company. According to one source, the steamer was supposedly built much less strongly than other boats of the day. According to another source, Imnaha was "studily built and cross-braced in the bow." ''Imnaha'' was the most important boat built on the upper Columbia river system in 1903. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake River
The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Beginning in Yellowstone National Park, western Wyoming, it flows across the arid Snake River Plain of southern Idaho, the rugged Hells Canyon on the borders of Idaho, Oregon and Washington (state), Washington, and finally the rolling Palouse Hills of southeast Washington. It joins the Columbia River just downstream from the Tri-Cities, Washington, in the southern Columbia Plateau, Columbia Basin. The river's Drainage basin, watershed, which drains parts of six U.S. states, is situated between the Rocky Mountains to the north and east, the Great Basin to the south, and the Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest), Blue Mountains and High Desert (Oregon), Oregon high desert to the west. The region has a long history of volcanism; millions of years ago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
