Pomona (sternwheeler)

Pomona at the 8th Street dock in Oregon City circa 1890.
History
Name	Pomona
Owner	Oregon City Transport Co.; Willamette Navigation Co.; Cowlitz Towing Co.; Knappton Towing Co.
Route	Willamette River
Builder	Portland Shipbuilding Co.
Completed	1898, at Portland, Oregon; rebuilt 1926
Out of service	1940
Identification	U.S. Steamboat registry #150782
Fate	Rebuilt in 1926; converted to unpowered floating workshop in 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	riverine passenger/freight
Tonnage	Original: 365 gross; 295 net tons; after 1926 rebuild: 216 gross and 120 net tons.
Length	133.5 ft (40.7 m) measured over hull.
Beam	28.4 ft 9 in (8.9 m) measured over hull.
Draft	15 in (381.0 mm)
Depth	6.1 ft 0 in (1.86 m)
Installed power	originally installed: twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with a bore of 12 in (304.8 mm) and stroke of 4 ft (1.22 m)
Propulsion	sternwheel
Capacity	Known to carry 200 passengers prior to rebuild.

Pomona was a steamboat which operated on the Willamette, Columbia and Cowlitz rivers from 1898 to 1940. Pomona was specially designed to operate in low water conditions such as typically prevailed in the summer months in Oregon. Pomona was one of the few steamers that could regularly navigate to Corvallis, Oregon, which was the practical head of navigation on the Willamette. In 1926, Pomona was substantially rebuilt, and served afterwards as a towboat. In 1940, Pomona was converted into an unpowered floating storehouse.