&sq=&lang=&file=File:James_Clinton_ad_OrArgus_15_Nov_1856_p3c7.jpg) Advertisement for James Clinton Nov. 15, 1856
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| History | |
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| Name | James Clinton |
| Owner | Cochran, Cassady & Co.; James D. Miller; People’s Transportation Co. |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire April 23/24, 1861, at Linn City, Oregon |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamship |
| Length | 90 ft (27.4 m) exclusive of fantail |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) exclusive of guards |
| Depth | 4 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 9 in (228.6 mm) and stroke of 4 ft (1.22 m) |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
James Clinton was a steamboat which operated on the upper Willamette River from 1856 to 1861. Although the Clinton was said to have been "not a very good boat.",[1] it was the first steamer ever to reach Eugene, Oregon. James Clinton was destroyed in April 1861, when a large fire broke out at Linn City, Oregon in a shoreside structure near to where the vessel was moored.