&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Wilson_G._Hunt_circa_1880.png) Wilson G. Hunt
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Wilson G. Hunt |
| Owner | many, including Oregon Steam Navigation Company |
| Route | Puget Sound and Sacramento, Fraser, and Columbia Rivers; Long Island Sound |
| In service | 1849 |
| Out of service | 1884 |
| Identification | CAN #72676 |
| Fate | Dismantled 1890 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 461 tons gross |
| Length | 185.5 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 25.8 ft (8 m) |
| Depth | 6.75 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | steam engine, low-pressure boiler, single-cylinder, 36" bore by 108" stroke, steeple type. |
| Propulsion | sidewheels |
| Speed | 15 knots. |
Wilson G. Hunt was a steamboat that ran in the early days of steam navigation on Puget Sound and Sacramento, Fraser, and Columbia Rivers. She was generally known as the Hunt during her years of operation. She had a long career on the west coast of the United States and Canada, and played an important transportation role in the California Gold Rush; it also transported the Governor and the state legislature as the state capital of California moved from Benicia to Sacramento in 1854.[1]
- ^ "Arrival of the State Officers, State Archives, and Members of the State Legislature." Sacramento Union. 1854-03-01.