Elwood (sternwheeler)
Elwood was a sternwheel steamboat which was built to operate on the Willamette River, in Oregon, but which later operated on the Lewis River in Washington, the Stikine River in Canada, and on Puget Sound. The name of this vessel is sometimes seen spelled "Ellwood". Elwood is probably best known for an incident in 1893, when it was approaching the Madison Street Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge swung open to allow the steamer to pass. However, a streetcar coming in from the east end of the bridge failed to notice the bridge was open, and ran off into the river in the Madison Street Bridge disaster.
Elwood (sternwheeler)
Elwood was a sternwheel steamboat which was built to operate on the Willamette River, in Oregon, but which later operated on the Lewis River in Washington, the Stikine River in Canada, and on Puget Sound. The name of this vessel is sometimes seen spelled "Ellwood". Elwood is probably best known for an incident in 1893, when it was approaching the Madison Street Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge swung open to allow the steamer to pass. However, a streetcar coming in from the east end of the bridge failed to notice the bridge was open, and ran off into the river in the Madison Street Bridge disaster.
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Elwood was a sternwheel steamb ...... adison Street Bridge disaster.
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Burned, 1904
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riverine passenger/freight
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Ship identification
U.S. Steamboat registry #136181
Ship operator
Lewis River Transportation Co.
Ship owner
Elldredge & Abernethy Bros.
Ship power
twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with a bore of and stroke of
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Ship route
Willamette, Lewis, Stikine rivers; Puget Sound
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Elwood was a sternwheel steamb ...... adison Street Bridge disaster.
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Elwood (sternwheeler)
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