Rival (sternwheeler)

	Advertisement for steamer Rival, February 22, 1865
Name	Rival (sternwheel steamboat)
Owner	Dement Bros. and George A. Pease
In service	1860
Identification	U.S. Registry # 21602
Fate	Dismantled at Portland, Oregon 1868
Type	shallow draft inland passenger/freighter, all-wood construction
Tonnage	211 gross tons
Length	110.9 ft (33.8 m)
Beam	23.7 ft (7.2 m)
Depth	4.7 ft (1.4 m) depth of hold
Installed power	twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 12 in (30 cm) bore x 48 in (120 cm) stroke 9.6 net horsepower. nominal
Propulsion	sternwheel

Rival was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Willamette River between Oregon City and Portland, Oregon from 1860 to 1868.^[2] Rival was intended to be a boat which would promise low fares in an effort to beat a steamboat monopoly which was then in formation.

^ Wright, ed., Lewis & Dryden Marine History, at 92 and 108.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Affleck, Century of Paddlewheelers, at 24.
^ A measure of volume, not of weight, theoretically equal to 100 cubic feet.

[LewisDryden-1] Wright, ed., Lewis & Dryden Marine History, at 92 and 108.

[Affleck-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Affleck, Century of Paddlewheelers, at 24.

[3] A measure of volume, not of weight, theoretically equal to 100 cubic feet.

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Advertisement for steamer Rival, February 22, 1865
Name	Rival (sternwheel steamboat)
Owner	Dement Bros. and George A. Pease^[1]
In service	1860^[2]
Identification	U.S. Registry # 21602
Fate	Dismantled at Portland, Oregon 1868
Type	shallow draft inland passenger/freighter, all-wood construction
Tonnage	211 gross tons^[2]^[3]
Length	110.9 ft (33.8 m)^[2]
Beam	23.7 ft (7.2 m)^[2]
Depth	4.7 ft (1.4 m) depth of hold^[2]
Installed power	twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 12 in (30 cm) bore x 48 in (120 cm) stroke 9.6 net horsepower. nominal^[2]
Propulsion	sternwheel