Enterprise
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History | |
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United States-British Columbia | |
Name | Enterprise |
Route | Willamette River, Puget Sound, Fraser River, Chehalis River |
Builder | Archibald Jamieson and others[1][2] |
In service | 1855 |
Out of service | 1862 |
Fate | Dismantled at Grays Harbor, 1862 |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland steamship (passenger/freight) |
Tonnage | 115 gross tons |
Length | 115 ft (35 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6 m) |
Depth | 4.5 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted , 12" bore x 48" stroke 9.6 net horsepower |
Propulsion | sternwheel |
The Enterprise was an early steamboat operating on the Willamette River in Oregon and also one of the first to operate on the Fraser River in British Columbia. This vessel should not be confused with the many other vessels, some of similar design, also named Enterprise. In earlier times, this vessel was sometimes called Tom Wright's Enterprise after one of her captains, the famous Tom Wright.[2]