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Echo (sternwheeler 1865)
''Echo'' was a sternwheel steamboat that operated on the Willamette River from about 1865 to 1873 and was one of the first steamboats to carry what was then considered a large cargo out of Eugene, Oregon. Construction ''Echo'' was built for the Willamette River Steam Navigation Company (WRSN) at Canemah, Oregon, a small town just above Willamette Falls which is now part of Oregon City. ''Echo''s owners as shown on her licensing papers were A. P. Ankeny and John Gates.Wright, E.W., ed., ''Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Lewis and Dryden Printers, Portland, OR 1895, at 135. was launched May 22, 1865 and made her trial trip July 27 in command of Capt. Miles Bell, who was then in the service of the Willamette Steam Navigation Company. Captain Cochran succeeded Bell as master, and captains Pease and Sebastian Miller also handled the vessel for a while. Other sternwheelers built and run by WRSN included ''Alert'' and ''Active''. Operations ''Echo'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willamette Steam Navigation Company
The Willamette Steam Navigation Company (W.S.N.) was an American company incorporated in October 1865 to challenge the monopoly on Willamette River inland steam navigation that the People's Transportation Company was attempting to establish. Officers of W.S.N. were D. W. Burnside, president, Portland co-founder Asa L. Lovejoy (1808-1882), vice-president, and John T. Apperson, secretary. Apperson also served as captain on one of their boats. The steamers ''Active'' and ''Alert'' were constructed, and they controlled the ''Echo'' and one or two others. ''Alert'' was put on the Portland to Oregon City run, and ''Active'' and ''Echo'' worked above Willamette Falls The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon, in the United States. It is the largest waterfall in the Northwestern United States by volume, and the seventeenth widest in the wor ... from Canemah (now Oregon City) to Corvallis. Nicholas Haun (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |