&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Lot_Whitcomb_(sidewheeler).jpeg) Lot Whitcomb
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| History | |
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| Name | Lot Whitcomb |
| Route | Columbia River, Willamette River, San Francisco Bay, Sacramento River |
| Launched | December 25, 1850 |
| In service | 1851 |
| Out of service | 1868 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamship |
| Tonnage | 600 |
| Length | 160 ft (49 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7 m) |
| Draught | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Depth | 5.8 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Decks | three (boiler (or cargo), passenger, hurricane) |
| Installed power | single-cylinder walking beam steam engine, 17" bore, 84" stroke, 140 horsepower. |
| Propulsion | sidewheels |
| Speed | about 12 miles an hour |
Launched in 1850, Lot Whitcomb, later known as Annie Abernathy, was the first steam-powered craft built on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] She was one of the first steam-driven vessels to run on the inland waters of Oregon, and contributed to the rapid economic development of the region.
She later served for many years on the Sacramento River.
- ^ Corning, Howard McKinley (1973). Willamette Landings -- Ghost Towns of the River (2nd ed.). Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. pgs. 24-27. ISBN 0875950426.