Lurline (1878 sternwheeler)
Lurline at Cathlamet, Washington circa 1903 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lurline |
| Owner | Vancouver Transportation Co. others later, including Harkins Transportation Co. |
| Route | Columbia River |
| Builder | Designed by Jacob Kamm; joiner work by James Reed |
| Cost | $40,000 |
| In service | 1878 |
| Out of service | about 1930 |
| Fate | Dismantled, upper works to L.P. Hosford, hull abandoned near Government Island on Columbia River |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland steamship |
| Tonnage | 481 gross tonnage; 338 registered tonnage |
| Length | 155 ft (47 m) length of keel, 175 ft (53 m) overall |
| Beam | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Draft | 3.0 ft (1 m) |
| Depth | 6.5 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Decks | three (freight/engines, passenger, hurricane) |
| Installed power | twin horizontal steam engines, 18" bore by 72" stroke, constructed by Marlan & Hollingsworth. Locomotive-type tubular boiler, constructed by Ward, Stanton & Co, Newburgh, NY. |
| Propulsion | sternwheel, 18 ft (5 m) , 17 buckets, each bucket 16.0 ft (5 m) long, 24 inches wide, with 26 inch dip. |
| Speed | about 17 miles per hour maximum |
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Lurline was a steamboat that served from 1878 to 1930 on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Lurline was a classic example of the Columbia river type of steamboat.