&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Occident_(sternwheeler_1875)_02.jpg) Steamer Occident at Albany, Oregon,circa 1880, near Red Crown Mills (white building in right background). A brass band has assembled on the upper deck, indicating a special occasion.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Occident |
| Owner | Willamette River Transportation Co.; Oregon Railway and Navigation Company |
| Route | Willamette River |
| Completed | 1875 |
| Identification | U.S. # 19448 |
| Fate | 1881 |
| Status | Dismantled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine all-purpose |
| Tonnage | 586.95 gross tons; 429.76 registered tons (1885). |
| Length | 154.4 ft (47.1 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail) |
| Beam | 35.8 ft (10.9 m) over hull (exclusive of guards |
| Depth | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 16 in (406.4 mm) and stroke of 5 ft (1.52 m) or 5.5 ft (1.68 m) |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Occident was a steamer that operated on the Willamette River and occasionally its tributary, the Santiam River from 1875 to about 1890. Occident was designed primarily for freight work, and did not have passenger accommodations. This Occident should not be confused with the smaller steam launch Occident, apparently propeller-driven, which operated out of Astoria, Oregon in the 1890s.[1][2]
- ^ Wright, E.W., ed. (1895). "Chapter 19: Retirement of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company from Puget Sound". Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis and Dryden Printing Co. p. 389. LCCN 28001147.
- ^ "There will be a sale of stock …". The Daily Morning Astorian. Vol. 32, no. 43. Astoria, Oregon: J.F. Halloran & Co. Feb 19, 1889. p.3, col.1.