&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Dayton_sternwheeler_1881_or_before.jpg) Steamer Dayton 1881 or before.
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| History | |
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| Name | Dayton |
| Owner | People's Transportation Co.; Ben Holladay; Joseph Kellogg |
| Route | Willamette. Yamhill River, Columbia, and Cowlitz rivers |
| Completed | 1868 |
| Identification | U.S. # 6618 |
| Fate | Dismantled 1881 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine all-purpose |
| Tonnage | 202.04 gross tons (1879). |
| Length | 117 ft (35.7 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) over hull (exclusive of guards |
| Depth | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Decks | two (main and passenger) |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 12 in (300 mm) and stroke of 4 ft (1.2 m), 9.6 nominal horsepower |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Dayton was a steamboat which operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers from 1868 to 1881. Dayton operated on the Willamette from 1868 to 1876, mostly upriver from Willamette Falls, including a route on the Yamhill River to Dayton, Oregon, after which the steamer was named. From 1876 to 1881, Dayton was employed on a run from Portland to Monticello, W.T., which was located on the site of what is now Longview, Washington.