Elwood (sternwheeler)

Elwood at Portland, Oregon.
History
United States-Canada
Name	Elwood
Owner	Elldredge & Abernethy Bros.
Operator	Lewis River Transportation Co.
Route	Willamette, Lewis, Stikine rivers; Puget Sound
Completed	1891, at Portland, Oregon
Identification	U.S. Steamboat registry #136181
Fate	Burned, 1904
General characteristics
Type	Riverine passenger/freight
Tonnage	510.44 gross; 413 net tonnage.
Length	154.0 ft (46.9 m) measured over hull.
Beam	30 ft 0 in (9.1 m) measured over hull.
Draft	4 ft 0 in (1.2 m) when fully loaded; 16 in (410 mm) with no cargo
Depth	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Installed power	twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with a bore of 13 in (330 mm) and stroke of 6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion	sternwheel

Elwood was a sternwheel steamboat which was built to operate on the Willamette River, in Oregon, but which later operated on the Lewis River in Washington, the Stikine River in Canada, and on Puget Sound. The name of this vessel is sometimes seen spelled "Ellwood". Elwood is probably best known for an incident in 1893, when it was approaching the Madison Street Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge swung open to allow the steamer to pass. However, a streetcar coming in from the east end of the bridge failed to notice the bridge was open, and ran off into the river in the Madison Street Bridge disaster.