Altona (sternwheeler)
The steamship Altona operated from 1890 to 1907 on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1907, she was transferred to Alaska.
Altona and Elwood at foot of Trade Street in Salem, Oregon, 1893. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Altona |
| Owner | Oregon City Transportation Company |
| Route | Columbia River, Willamette River, Alaska waters |
| Launched | 1890, at Portland, Oregon. |
| Identification | US # 106729 (original); 107453 (following reconstruction). |
| Notes | Reconstructed at Portland, Oregon, in 1899. Served on Willamette River to Corvallis, Oregon, until 1907, then transferred to Alaska. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine steamboat, passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 201 gross/190 registered as built; 329 gross/ 242 as reconstructed |
| Length | 120 ft (36.58 m) as built; 123 ft (37.49 m) as reconstructed. |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.40 m) as built; 29.7 ft (9.05 m) as reconstructed. |
| Draft | 5.2 ft (1.58 m) as built; 4.8 ft (1.46 m) as reconstructed. |
| Installed power | Twin single-cylinder horizontally mounted steam engines, 12" bore by 48" stroke, 9.6 nominal horsepower. |
| Propulsion | sternwheeler |
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