News item, completion of Moose, Oct. 8, 1859
History
NameMoose
RouteUpper Willamette River
In serviceOct 4, 1859
Out of service1861
FateWrecked at Peoria, Oregon
General characteristics
Typeinland steamship
Length75 ft (22.9 m), exclusive of fantail
Beam16 ft (4.9 m)
Depth4 ft (1 m) depth of hold
Installed powertwin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 12 in (304.8 mm) and stroke of 4 ft (1.22 m)
Propulsionstern-wheel

Moose was a steamboat that operated on the Willamette River from late 1859 to 1861.

Construction

Moose was completed by Smith, Pease & Company by October 8, 1859.[1] Another source states that Moose was built at Canemah in 1859 for Smith, Moore, Marshall & Co.[2]

Moose was a light-draft boat built for service on the upper Willamette River.[1] Moose was 75 feet long, probably exclusive of the extension of the main deck over the stern, called the fantail, on which the stern-wheel was mounted.[2] Moose had a beam (width) of 16 feet and a depth of hold of 4 feet.[2]

Moose was driven by twin single-cylinder steam engines each with a cylinder bore of 12 inches and a piston stroke of 48 inches.[2] The engines generated 9.6 nominal horsepower.[2]

Operations

Moose made its trial trip on October 4, 1859.[1] The owners planned to take Moose to Eugene City if the water level permitted.[1]

Disposition

Moose was wrecked in 1861 at Peoria, Oregon.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d William L. Adams, ed. (Oct 8, 1859). "NEW STEAMER.— Messrs. Smith, Pease & Company …". The Oregon Argus. Vol. 5, no. 26. Oregon City: D.W. Craig. p.2, col.1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Affleck, Edward L. (2000). "Part One: Chapter Two: Columbia River Waterways — List of Vessels". A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska. Vancouver, BC: Alexander Nicholls Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-920034-08-X.

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