Enterprise (1855)

Enterprise (1855 sternwheeler)
Enterprise
History
United States-British Columbia
NameEnterprise
RouteWillamette River, Puget Sound, Fraser River, Chehalis River
BuilderArchibald Jamieson and others[1][2]
In service1855
Out of service1862
FateDismantled at Grays Harbor, 1862
General characteristics
Typeinland steamship (passenger/freight)
Tonnage115 gross tons
Length115 ft (35 m)
Beam20 ft (6 m)
Depth4.5 ft (1 m) depth of hold
Installed powertwin steam engines, horizontally mounted , 12" bore x 48" stroke 9.6 net horsepower
Propulsionsternwheel

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]

  1. ^ Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon and Alaska, at 12, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC, 2000
  2. ^ a b Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 57-58, Lewis & Dryden Publishing, Portland, OR 1895