&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:UWTCo_ad_21_Jan_1860_Oregon_Argus_p3c3.jpg) Advertisement for Relief and other steamers, placed January 21, 1860.
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| History | |
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| Operator | (1) Cassedy, Athey, O’Laughlin, Sturtevant & Co.; (2) John C. Ainsworth; (3) Upper Willamette Transportation Line; (4) People's Transportation Co. |
| Route | Willamette River |
| In service | 1858 |
| Out of service | 1865 |
| Fate | Dismantled at Canemah, Oregon |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine all-purpose |
| Tonnage | 97 gross tons. |
| Length | 110 ft (33.5 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) over hull (exclusive of guards |
| Depth | 3.5 ft (1.07 m) |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 13 in (33.0 cm) and stroke of 4 ft (1.22 m), 9.6 nominal horsepower |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Relief was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette River from 1858 to 1865. Relief ran for a short time on the route from Portland to Oregon City, Oregon. After being bought out by the competition, Relief was lined around Willamette Falls to the upper Willamette, where it became the first steamboat to reach Springfield. This vessel should not be confused with a later vessel, also named Relief, which operated on the Columbia and Lewis rivers from 1906 to 1931.