&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Altona_and_Elwood_at_Salem_1893.jpeg) Altona and Elwood at foot of Trade Street in Salem, Oregon, 1893.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Altona |
| Owner | Oregon City Transportation Company |
| Route | Columbia River, Willamette River, Alaska waters |
| Launched | 1890, at Portland, Oregon.[1] |
| Identification | US # 106729 (original); 107453 (following reconstruction).[2] |
| Notes | Reconstructed at Portland, Oregon, in 1899. Served on Willamette River to Corvallis, Oregon, until 1907, then transferred to Alaska.[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine steamboat, passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 201 gross/190 registered as built; 329 gross/ 242 as reconstructed [3] |
| Length | 120 ft (36.58 m) as built; 123 ft (37.49 m) as reconstructed.[2][3] |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.40 m) as built; 29.7 ft (9.05 m) as reconstructed.[2] |
| Draft | 5.2 ft (1.58 m) as built; 4.8 ft (1.46 m) as reconstructed.[2] |
| Installed power | Twin single-cylinder horizontally mounted steam engines, 12" bore by 48" stroke, 9.6 nominal horsepower.[2] |
| Propulsion | sternwheeler |
The steamship Altona operated from 1890 to 1907 on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1907, she was transferred to Alaska.[3]
- ^ Mills, Randall V., Sternwheelers Up Columbia, at 89, University of Nebraska Press (1977 reprint of 1947 edition) ISBN 0-8032-5874-7
- ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference
Affleckwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 48, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966