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Senator (sternwheeler)
''Senator'' was a stern-wheel-driven steamboat which operated on the Willamette River in the state of Oregon from 1863 to 1875. Senator is chiefly remembered for its having been destroyed in a fatal boiler explosion in 1875 while making a landing at the Portland, Oregon waterfront in 1875. Construction ''Senator'' was built in 1863 at Milwaukie, Oregon by shipbuilder John T. Thomas (1808-1890) for steamboat captain Joseph Kellogg. The steamer made its trial trip on January 22, 1864. The dimensions of the hull were length 123 feet; beam (width) 21 feet; depth of hold 5.0 feet; draft light (unloaded) 22 inches. Gross tonnage in 1874 for Senator was 297.99. The official merchant vessel registry number for ''Senator'' was 23148. Engineering The machinery for ''Senator'' came from the steamer ''Surprise'', which had been built at Canemah, Oregon in 1857. The boat was powered by two single cylinder steam engines, each with a bore diameter of 12.25 inches and a stroke of 48 inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Transportation Company
The People's Transportation Company operated steamboats on the Willamette River and its tributaries, the Yamhill River, Yamhill and Tualatin River, Tualatin rivers, in the State of Oregon from 1862 to 1871. For a brief time this company operated steamers on the Columbia River, and for about two months in 1864, the company operated a small steamer on the Clackamas River. Formation of the company The People's Transportation Company, often called the P.T. Company, was organized in 1862 to compete with the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, commonly known as the O.S.N. Almost every steamboat man not associated with O.S.N. were either founders of the P.T. Company, or were afterwards associated with it. The principals in the founding of the P.T. company were two brothers, both businessmen and farmers: Asa Alfred McCully (1818-1886) and David McCully (b.1814). Other officers were Stephen T. Church (1829-1871); Edwin N. Cook (or Cooke) (1810-1879), businessman and Oregon State Treasur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Lake Oswego ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily in Clackamas County, with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Population in 2020 was 40,731, an 11.2% increase since 2010, making it the 11th most populous city in Oregon. Located about south of Portland and surrounding the Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in 1910. The city was the hub of Oregon's brief iron industry in the late 19th century, and is today a suburb of Portland. History Early history The Clackamas people once occupied the land that later became Lake Oswego, but diseases transmitted by European explorers and traders killed most of the natives. Before the influx of non-native people via the Oregon Trail, the area between the Willamette River and Tualatin River had a scattering of early pioneer homesteads and farms. 19th century As settlers arrived, encouraged by the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 and the subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Oregon
Dayton is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. The population was 2,678 at the 2020 census. History The city was founded in 1850 by Andrew Smith and Joel Palmer. Palmer, who also served as superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon, built a flour mill there. Dayton was named for Smith's hometown, Dayton, Ohio. Dayton post office was opened in 1851, with Christopher Taylor serving as postmaster. There are many historic landmarks throughout the city. The oldest standing structure is the Joel Palmer House, built in 1852 or 1857. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since March 16, 1987, and has been painstakingly restored. Since 1996, it has been home to a four-star restaurant of the same name as the historic house. Nearby, in Courthouse Square Park, is the Fort Yamhill Block House, which was brought to Dayton in 1911 to prevent its demolition. The structure had been built by Willamette Valley settlers on Fort Hill next to the Grand Ronde Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unio (sternwheeler)
''Unio'' was a small sternwheel-driven steamboat which operated on the Willamette and Yamhill rivers from 1861 to 1869. This vessel is primarily remembered for its having been named ''Unio'' when built in 1861, in the first year of the American Civil War, and then having the name completed, to ''Union'', by a new, staunchly pro-Union owner, James D. Miller. ''Union'' appears to have sunk in 1869, been salvaged, and then dismantled, with the machinery going to a new steamer then being built for service on the Umpqua River. Construction The steamer ''Unio'' was built at Canemah, Oregon by Capt. John T. Apperson, and launched on October 19, 1861. With the American Civil War in progress, Apperson left off the final “n” on the name. ''Unio'' was placed on the Yamhill River route from Oregon City. ''Unio'' was small, with dimensions reported to have been 96 feet long, probably exclusive of the fantail, and 16 foot beam (width). The boat drew about 4 feet of water when loade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Benton County, Oregon, Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2023 Census Population Estimates, the population was 61,087, making it the List of cities in Oregon, 9th most populous city in Oregon. This does include the 38,000 Oregon State University students attending classes in Corvallis, over 5,250 of whom live in one of 16 residence halls on the main campus. Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University 420-acre main campus, Samaritan Health Services, a top 10 largest non-profit employer in the state, a 84-acre Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (Oregon), Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center campus, and a 2.2 million square foot, 197-acre Hewlett Packard research and development campus. Corvallis is a part of the Silicon Forest. Corvallis is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, Oregon
Albany ( ) is the county seat of Linn County, Oregon, and is the 11th most populous city in the state. Albany is located in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and the Willamette River in both Linn and Benton counties, just east of Corvallis and south of Salem. It is predominantly a farming and manufacturing city that settlers founded around 1848. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of Albany, Oregon was 56,472. Albany has a home rule charter, a council–manager government, and a full-time unelected city manager. The city provides the population with access to over 30 parks and trails, a senior center, and many cultural events such as the Northwest Art & Air Festival, River Rhythms, Summer Sounds and Movies at Monteith. In addition to farming and manufacturing, the city's economy depends on retail trade, health care, and social assistance. In recent years the city has worked to revive the downtown shopping area, with help from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem, Oregon
Salem ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk County, Oregon, Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem, Salem, Oregon, West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857. Salem had a population of 175,535 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Oregon, third-most populous city in the state after Portland, Oregon, Portland and Eugene, Oregon, Eugene. Salem is the principal city of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, a United States metropolitan area, metropolitan area that covers Marion and Polk counties and had a combined population of 433,353 at the 2020 United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Active (sternwheeler)
''Active'' was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the upper Willamette River from 1865 to 1872. During its short operational life, ''Active'' was owned by several different steamboat companies. It was dismantled in 1872 at Canemah, Oregon. Construction ''Active'' was built at Canemah, Oregon for the Willamette Steam Navigation Company. Dimensions ''Active'' was long, measured over the hull, and exclusive of the extension of the main deck over the stern, called the "fantail", on which the stern-wheel was mounted. ''Active'' had a beam of exclusive of the protective timbers along the upper sides of the hull called the guards. The depth of hold was . The overall size of the steamer was 269.74 gross tons, which was a measure of volume, not weight. The official merchant vessel registry number was 1232. Engineering ''Active'' was driven by a stern-wheel, turned by twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of and stroke of , generating 13 nominal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo (sternwheeler)
An echo is a reflection of sound. Echo may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Echo (DC Comics), various different characters * Echo (''Dollhouse''), the protagonist of the TV series ''Dollhouse'' * Echo (Marvel Comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Comics ** Maya Lopez (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart * Echo, a race of aliens from the TV series '' Invasion: Earth'' * Echo DiSavoy, a character in the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Echo Nightray, a character in ''Pandora Hearts'', a manga series * Echo, an ARC clone trooper from the ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' TV series and ''Star Wars: The Bad Batch'' TV series * Echo (''Overwatch''), from 2016 game ''Overwatch'' Films * ''The Echo'' (1915 film), an American silent short romantic drama directed by Tom Ricketts * ''Echo'' (1997 film), a TV film * ''Echo'' (2001 film), an Iranian drama by Hossein Shahabi * ''Echo'' (2003 film), a short film by Tom Oesc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enterprise (sternwheeler 1863)
''Enterprise'' was a sternwheel steamboat that operated on the Willamette River from 1863 to 1875. This vessel should not be confused with several other steamers named Enterprise which operated in the Pacific Northwest at about the some time. Construction In 1863, a new independent steamer, the ''Enterprise'', was built at Canemah, Oregon by Capt. George A. Pease, backed by a company formed by Capt. Charles. W. Pope (1831-1871), Capt. Nat H. Lane, Sr. (1823-1878), C. Friendly, Judge Riley E. Stratton, C. Crawford, James Wilson, C.W. Rea, and S. Ellsworth. ''Enterprise'', the second steamer of this name to operate on the Willamette, was launched in November 1863, and ran independently for a short time under George Pease. Dimensions ''Enterprise'' was 120 or 125 feet long, exclusive of the extension of the main deck over the stern, called the fantail, on which the stern-wheel was mounted. The beam (width) was 24 feet, and the depth of hold was four feet. Gross tonnage was 194. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamhill (sternwheeler 1860) CPU architecture
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Yamhill or Yam Hill may refer to: * Yamhill County, Oregon, a county in Oregon * Yamhill, Oregon, a city in the western Willamette Valley, located between McMinnville and Forest Grove * The Yamhill River, a river in northwest Oregon, that flows into the Willamette River * Yamhill Valley, a valley that contains the Yamhill River * Yamhill District and Morrison/Southwest 3rd Avenue, a MAX Light Rail station in Portland *''Yamhill'', a project code name given by Intel Corporation to the Intel 64 x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit extension of the x86 instruction set. It was announced in 1999 and first available in the AMD Opteron family in 2003. It introduces two new operating modes: 64-bit mode an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tualatin River
The Tualatin River is a tributary of the Willamette River in Oregon in the United States. The river is about long, and it drains a fertile farming region called the Tualatin Valley southwest and west of Portland at the northwest corner of the Willamette Valley. There are approximately 500,000 people residing on 15 percent of the land in the river's watershed. Course The Tualatin River arises near Windy Point on the eastern side of the Northern Oregon Coast Range. It begins in the Tillamook State Forest in Washington County and flows about to the Willamette River near West Linn in Clackamas County. The maps, which include river mile (RM) markers from the mouth to RM 76.7 or river kilometer (RK) 123.4, cover the following quadrants from mouth to source: Canby, Lake Oswego, Beaverton, Scholls, Hillsboro, Laurelwood, Forest Grove, Gaston, Turner Creek, and Gobblers Knob. Along the way, it falls from about above sea level to about , most of that occurring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
