Charles R. Spencer
Steamboat that plied rivers in the Pacific Northwest, and once collided with another boat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles R. Spencer (generally called the Spencer) was a steamboat built in 1901 to run on the Willamette and Columbia rivers from Portland, to The Dalles, Oregon. This vessel was described as an "elegant passenger boat".[1] After 1911 this vessel was rebuilt and renamed Monarch.
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Charles R. Spencer | |
History | |
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Name | Charles R. Spencer |
Port of registry | US # 127574 |
Route | Columbia River |
Builder | Capt. E.W. Spencer |
In service | 1901 |
Notes | Renamed Monarch in 1911. |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland steamboat, shallow-draft express passenger |
Tonnage | 598 gross tons; 474[1] or 409[2] net tons |
Length | 184 ft (56 m)[1] |
Beam | 21 ft (6 m)[2] |
Depth | 6.0 ft (2 m) depth of hold.[2] |
Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 20" bore by 96" stroke, 26.6 nhp |
Propulsion | sternwheel |
Speed | About 19 miles per hour (maximum)[3] |
Notes | Later known as Monarch |
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