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| History | |
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| Name | Nestor |
| Owner | Columbia & Cowlitz Transportation Company |
| Route | Columbia River and lower Willamette River to Portland, Oregon |
| Builder | C.P. Stayton |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Fate | Abandoned, 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine towboat |
| Length | As built 82.4 ft (25.1 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail) |
| Beam | 19.6 ft 9 in (6.2 m) over hull (exclusive of guards) |
| Depth | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) |
| Decks | three (main, boiler, and hurricane) |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 150 indicated horsepower |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Nestor was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers from 1902 to 1929. Nestor was primarily operated as a towboat, and did most of the towing work on the Cowlitz River. During the 1920s Nestor was part of a small fleet of towboats operated out of Rainier, Oregon by Capt. Milton Smith.