&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Clara_Parker_ad_April_1888.jpg) Advertisement for Clara Parker, published in the Daily Morning Astorian, April 14, 1888. Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox ship image with unknown parameter "image_size"
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Clara Parker, later, Astorian |
| Owner | Hiram Bliss Parker; Jacob Kamm; others |
| Route | Youngs River, lower Columbia and lower Willamette rivers |
| Launched | May 14, 1881, at Astoria, Oregon |
| Completed | June 2, 1881 |
| In service | 1881 |
| Out of service | 1903 |
| Identification | Clara Parker: US #125915; Astorian: US #106798 |
| Fate | Sank at mooring while out of service, April 1908; hull raised, machinery removed. |
| Notes | Rebuilt in 1890 at Portland, Oregon and renamed Astorian. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | riverine passenger/freight |
| Length | Clara Parker: 107.2 ft (32.67 m) exclusive of fantail; Astorian: 142 ft (43.28 m) |
| Beam | Clara Parker: 24.5 ft (7.47 m); Astorian: 26.5 ft (8.08 m) |
| Depth | 5.8 ft (1.77 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted: As Clara Parker: cylinder bore 12.5 in (32 cm); stroke 4 ft 6 in (137 cm); As Astorian: bore 14.5 in (37 cm); stroke 3.5 ft 6 in (122 cm) |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Clara Parker was a sternwheel-driven steamboat which was operated on the lower Columbia and lower Willamette rivers in the 1880s. The steamer ran for about ten years out of Astoria, Oregon in towing and jobbing work.[1][2] In 1890 Clara Parker was rebuilt and renamed Astorian.[3][4]
Astorian was operated intermittently from 1891 to 1903, when it was tied up to a levee in Portland, Oregon, where in April 1908 it sank.[5] Astoria spent much of its time out of service drawing a "subsidy" from competitors who wanted to keep their fares and freight rates high by keeping out a potential competing steamer.
- ^ D.C. Ireland, ed. (May 17, 1881). "Mr. H.B. Parker's new steamer was launched Saturday night …". Daily Morning Astorian. Vol. 15, no. 14. Astoria, OR: D.C. Ireland. p.3, col.1.
- ^ Wright, Edgar W., ed. (1895). "The Closing Days of the Golden Era of Columbia River Steamboating". Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis and Dryden Printing Co. p. 286. LCCN 28001147.
- ^ Mills, Randall V. (1977). Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska (published 1947). ISBN 0-8032-5874-7. LCCN 77007161.
- ^ Wright, E.W., ed. (1895). "Ch. 18: Finest Steamers in the Northwest Appear in Puget Sound Waters". Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis and Dryden Printing Co. pp. 379–380. LCCN 28001147.
- ^ "Old Steamer Astorian — Springs a Leak and Sinks at Her Dock". Morning Astorian (Dateline: Portland, April 7). Vol. 33, no. 86. Astoria, OR: J.S. Dellinger Co. April 8, 1908. p.1, col.3.