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  2. Shoo Fly (sternwheeler) - Wikipedia

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    Shoo Fly was a sternwheel-driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the 1870s. Originally built as primarily a freight boat, the vessel was used in other roles, including towing and clearing of snags.

  3. Highway Thru Hell - Wikipedia

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    Highway Thru Hell is a Canadian documentary television series that follows the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck & Auto Ltd., a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia. Quiring Towing, Aggressive Towing, MSA Towing, Mission Towing and Reliable Towing are also featured in the series. [1]

  4. Pomona (sternwheeler) - Wikipedia

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    Advertisement for the sale of the O.C.T.C. boats, placed August 3, 1919 in the Oregonian newspaper. On Thursday, May 2, 1918, it was announced that the Oregon City Transportation Company would cease operations. [35] High costs and lack of business forced the business to close, which ended all steamboat service on the upper Willamette. [35]

  5. Elwood (sternwheeler) - Wikipedia

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    Elwood in tow of Relief was scheduled to depart Astoria, Oregon early in the morning on Wednesday, April 20, 1898, for Puget Sound and thereafter to Alaska. [34] Relief was a powerful steel tug built by sugar magnate Claus Spreckels. [33] Relief had completed the tow of the former Willamette River steamer Ramona to the Stikine earlier the same ...

  6. Minnehaha (sternwheeler) - Wikipedia

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    Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. ISBN 0875950426. Farnell, James E. (1978). Tualatin River Navigability Study. Salem, OR: State of Oregon, Division of State Lands. Mills, Randall V. (1947). Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska. ISBN 0-8032-5874-7. LCCN 77007161.

  7. Alice (sternwheeler) - Wikipedia

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    After a short stop in Salem, Grover went on to Corvallis. [17] Alice departed the Oregon City boat basin at 9:56 a.m. the same day, and arrived at Salem a few minutes after Grover, with 15 passengers and ten tons of through freight. [17] Alice loaded 8 tons of freight, and departed for Corvallis about one and a half minutes after the Grover. [17]

  8. Grahamona - Wikipedia

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    On Thursday, October 24, 1912, the Willamette had risen sufficiently for Grahamona to make its first trip to Salem, Oregon, calling at the O.C.T.C's dock at the foot of Trade Street. [16] The first run to Salem was to be an excursion for businessmen, with the regular run starting Friday, October 25, 1912.

  9. W.H. Harrison (steam schooner) - Wikipedia

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    W.H. Harrison was a steam schooner that operated from 1890 to 1905 on the coast of Oregon, the lower Columbia River, and southwest Washington state. At that time the salmon cannery industry was one of the major businesses of the coast. [1]