Tenino (sternwheeler)

Sternwheeler Tenino.
Tenino
History
NameTenino; later, New Tenino
OwnerOregon Steam Navigation Company[1]
Port of registryUS 24491; after 1876 rebuild: US 130067[1]
BuilderR.R. Thompson and Eugene F. Coe
In service1861
Out of service1879[1]
FateDismantled at Celilo[1]
NotesFirst steamboat to operate on Columbia River above The Dalles
General characteristics
Typeshallow draft, inland passenger/freighter, wooden hull
Tonnage329 gross
Length135 ft (41 m); after 1869 rebuild: 136 ft (41 m): after 1876 rebuild: 136 ft (41 m)[1]
Beam25 ft (8 m); after 1869 rebuild: 26 ft (8 m); after 1876 rebuild: 32 ft (10 m)[1]
Depth5.5 ft (2 m) depth of hold; after 1869 rebuild: 5.9 ft (2 m)[1]
Installed powersteam, high-pressure boiler, twin engines, horizontally mounted, 17" bore by 72" stroke, 19 horsepower nominal[1]
Propulsionsternwheel
Notesrebuilt or salvaged as New Tenino

The Tenino was the second steamboat to run on the Columbia River above Celilo Falls and on the Snake River. Following a reconstruction or major salvage in 1876 this vessel was named the New Tenino.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 21 and 26, Alexander Nicolls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000