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Harvest Queen (sternwheeler)
''Harvest Queen'' was the name of two stern-wheel steamboat built and operated in Oregon. Both vessels were well known in their day and had reputations for speed, power, and efficiency.The first ''Harvest Queen'', widely considered one of the finest steamers of its day, was constructed at Celilo, Oregon, which was then separated from the other portions of the navigable Columbia River by two stretches of difficult to pass rapids. At considerable risk, this steamer was taken down through the first set of rapids in 1881, and the second set in 1890. Thereafter the first ''Harvest Queen'' was worked primarily between Astoria, Oregon, Astoria and Portland, Oregon until 1900, when it was dismantled. Most of the machinery was installed in a new, slightly smaller vessel, also called the ''Harvest Queen'', which, although it had accommodations for passengers, was primarily worked as a towboat. In 1926 the second ''Harvest Queen'' was sold to a scrap metal concern, Alaska Junk Company (later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvest Queen (sternwheeler) Ca 1910
''Harvest Queen'' was a packet ship of the Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet), Black Ball Line built in 1854, by William H. Webb, which sank in a collision with the steamship, steamer at 3 a.m. on 31 December 1875. Voyages The artist Charles Henry Miller, a recent graduate of New York Medical College, New York Homeopathic Medical College, sailed on the ''Harvest Queen'' as Ship's doctor, ship's surgeon in 1864, under Captain Hutchinson, between New York City, New York and Liverpool. This vessel, though never renowned for fast voyages, as were so many of her sister clippers, was a noted emigration, emigrant ship ... In 1864, when our artist made his first and last voyage in her, common sailors were getting ninety dollars for the trip, and bounty jumping was frequently practised. Many desperadoes, attracted by the high rate of wages, shipped as Mast (sailing), foremast hands, and stirring scenes were enacted. A mutiny, which was luckily quelled without loss of life, broke ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
