&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Etna_(sternwheeler)_circa_1915.jpg) Etna on the Lewis River, pushing a barge, sometime between 1906 and 1911.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Etna |
| Owner | Etna Transportation Co. |
| Operator | Lurlie Gray |
| Route | Lewis River |
| In service | 1906 |
| Out of service | 1919 |
| Identification | U.S. #203622 |
| Fate | Sunk by drifting logs |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 41 gross register tons |
| Length | 60 ft (18.29 m) |
| Beam | 11.4 ft (3.47 m) |
| Depth | 3.6 ft (1.10 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | 30 hp gasoline engine (1906-1907); replaced by twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, cylinder bore 5.0 in (127.0 mm) and stroke of 2.67 ft (0.81 m). |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
| Capacity | 10 tons deadweight of freight |
Etna was a steamboat that operated on the Lewis and Lake rivers of southwestern Washington from 1906 to 1919. As built in 1906 Etna was originally powered by a gasoline engine, but in 1907 it was converted to steam-powered vessel.
Etna was named after Etna, Washington, a settlement on the south side of the Lewis River, in Clark County. Etna's principal activity was supporting the logging camps and lumber mills in the Lewis river area.
Etna was a light draft vessel which was essential for operating in the shallow water of the upper Lewis River. Even then, operation of Etna was substantially affected by the rise and fall of river levels, which were generally seasonal.
Small craft like Etna on the Columbia River system were sometimes referred to at the time as the "mosquito fleet"[1]
- ^ "Small Craft Being Repaired -- Etna Being Rehabilitated and Eva Is Due for Overhauling". Morning Oregonian. Vol. 53, no. 16, 478. Portland, OR. September 17, 1913. p.18, col.4.