The Sternwheeler ''Jean'' is a historic
steamboat
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that operated on the
Willamette River
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, in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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. It is a -long
tugboat
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(counting its paddle wheels, now removed), built in 1938 for the Western Transportation Company (a former
Crown Zellerbach
Crown Zellerbach was an American pulp and paper conglomerate based in San Francisco, California, purchased in a hostile takeover in 1985. Most of its pulp and paper assets were sold to James River Corporation, now part of Georgia-Pacific.
I ...
subsidiary) and in service until 1957.
[ (Note: Includes two photographs.)] In August 1989, it was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
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in
Nez Perce County, Idaho
Nez Perce County (pron. ''Nezz Purse'') is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,090. The county seat is Lewiston. The county is named after the Native American Nez Percé tribe. Nez Perce ...
.
At that time, it was located in
Lewiston, Idaho, having been there since 1976.
In Lewiston, its location changed from time to time, and
Hells Gate State Park
Hells Gate State Park is a public recreation area located on the southern edge of Lewiston, Idaho, at the Snake River's downstream entrance to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. The state park was created by the U.S. Army Corps o ...
was among the locations where ''Jean'' was moored.
[ As of 1997, it was still in Lewiston, afloat on the ]Snake River
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, but its operating equipment had been removed. Its private owner at that time, the James River Corporation
James River Corporation was an American pulp and paper company based in Richmond, Virginia, once the largest paper manufacturer in the world.
History
The company was founded in 1969 as the James River Paper Company by Brenton Halsey and Robert Wi ...
, sold the tug in 1998.[ In July 2004, ''Jean'' was moved from Lewiston to ]Portland, Oregon
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.[ Subsequently, its twin paddle wheels have been removed.
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Paddle steamers of Oregon
Steam tugs
Steamboats of the Willamette River
1938 ships
Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
Tugboats of the United States