&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Leona_steamboat_1901.jpg) Leona at Oregon City, Oregon, 1901 or earlier.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Leona (ex McMinnville) |
| Owner | Oregon City Transportation Company |
| Route | Willamette River |
| Builder | Joseph Supple |
| Launched | 1899, at Portland, Oregon[1] |
| Identification | US #92959 (as McMinnville); #141710 (as Leona) |
| Fate | Burned 1912, Willamette River[1] |
| Notes | Launched 1899 under McMinnville, rebuilt 1901 and renamed Leona[1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine steamboat, passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 137 gross / 102 registered[2] |
| Length | 90 ft (27.43 m) (as McMinnville); 105 ft (32.00 m) (as Leona). |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.40 m)[2] |
| Depth | 4 ft (1.22 m)[2] |
| Installed power | Twin single-cylinder horizontally mounted steam engines, 7" bore by 28" stroke, 3.3 NHP (as McMinnville); 7.5" bore by 30" stroke (as Leona).[2] |
| Propulsion | sternwheeler |
The steamship Leona operated from 1899 to 1912 on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.[3] This vessel was original launched under the name McMinnville in 1899, and should not be confused with an earlier vessel named McMinnville, which ran on the Willamette River from 1877 to 1881.[2]
- ^ a b c Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 48 and 210, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
- ^ a b c d e f Affleck, Century of Paddlewheelers, at 18.
- ^ Mills, Randall V., Sternwheelers Up Columbia, at 89, University of Nebraska Press (1977 reprint of 1947 edition) ISBN 0-8032-5874-7