&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:RR_Thompson_circa_1890.jpg) R.R. Thompson circa 1890
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | R.R. Thompson |
| Owner | Oregon Steam Navigation Company |
| Route | Columbia River |
| Builder | J.J. Holland,[1] at The Dalles, Oregon[2] |
| Launched | June 1878[3] |
| Maiden voyage | September 28, 1878[3] |
| In service | 1878 |
| Out of service | 1904[1] |
| Fate | Dismantled[1] |
| Notes | Ran on middle Columbia 1878-1882, thereafter on lower Columbia, wrecked 1892, raised and repaired[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1158 gross tons[1] 912 net tons[3] |
| Length | 212 ft (65 m) |
| Beam | 38.0 ft (12 m) |
| Depth | 9.5 ft (3 m) depth of hold |
| Decks | three (freight, passenger, hurricane) |
| Installed power | steam |
| Propulsion | twin steam engines, 28" bore by 96" stroke, horizontally mounted |
| Speed | 23 miles per hour over extended downstream run[1] |
| Notes | Near sistership to Wide West.[2] Reconstructed 1888 |
R. R. Thompson was a large sternwheel steamboat designed in the classic Columbia River style. She was named after Robert R. Thompson, one of the shareholders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, the firm that built the vessel.[4]
- ^ a b c d e Newell, Gordon R., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, pp. 12, 103, Superior Publishing, Seattle WA 1966 ISBN 0-87564-220-9
- ^ a b Mills, Randall V., Sternwheelers up Columbia - A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country, pp. 48, 131, 158, 160, and 199, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE (1977 reprint of 1947 edition) ISBN 0-8032-5874-7
- ^ a b c d Wright, E.W. (1895). Lewis & Dryden Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis and Dryden Printing Co. pp. 257–258, 292.
- ^ Corning, Howard McKinley, Willamette Landings - Ghost Towns of the Columbia River, p. 122, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR (2nd Ed. 1977)