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The sternwheeler M.V. Columbia Gorge, built in 1983, was one of the first replica steamboats built for tourism purposes in Oregon. Since the early 1980s, several non-steam-powered sternwheel riverboats have been built and operated on major waterways in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, as river cruise ships used for tourism.
In a non-contemporaneous source (1895) Cascade was reported to have been the first sternwheeler with a wheelhouse, which was an innovation by engineer John Gates. [1] This may have been true for the Columbia River, but in fact the sternwheeler Enterprise , built at Canemah, Oregon in 1863, also had a wheelhouse, but was operated solely on the ...
The Cascade Locks and Canal was a navigation project on the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, completed in 1896. It allowed the steamboats of the Columbia River to bypass the Cascades Rapids , and thereby opened a passage from the lower parts of the river as far as The Dalles .
Dalles City and another sternwheeler (possibly Harvest Queen) in Cascade Locks As rail competition grew, and forced steamboats off their old routes, shippers and steamboat lines began agitating Congress to allocate funds for improvements to the river, in the form of canals and locks, that would restore their competitive position relative to the ...
Sternwheeler J.N. Teal in Cascade Locks, 1911 Note the Brass Era cars on foredeck. Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The city got its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875 ...
While the locks were closed, Pomona would run between Portland and Oregon City, making two trips daily, leaving Portland at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Oregon City at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and making three trips on Sunday. [26] It was anticipated that suspension of steamboat service would harm the hops growers along the river. [27]
This photograph is from an old colorized postcard. The view is towards the west, and shows T.J. Potter pulling away from a landing, probably just before entering the Cascade Locks. Another steamer, a sternwheeler, is in the foreground, this is possibly the Charles Spencer.
As of September 19, 1891, Regulator was running for the Dalles, Portland, and Astoria Navigation Company on a route from the foot of Court Street at The Dalles for Cascade Locks, Oregon every morning at 7:00 a.m., and stopping at way points en route. [19] S.L. Brooks was the steamer’s agent in The Dalles. [19]