Manzanillo (sternwheeler)
Manzanillo at Clatskanie, Oregon circa 1885.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Manzanillo (or Manzanilla) |
| Owner: | People’s Freighting Co.; Shaver Transportation Co.; Waud & Jones |
| Route: | Columbia and Willamette rivers |
| In service: | 1881 |
| Out of service: | 1893 |
| Identification: | US #91373 |
| Fate: | Dismantled |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 110 ft (33.53 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft (6.71 m) |
| Depth: | 4 ft (1.22 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power: | twin steam engines, horizontally-mounted, single cylinder, 12 inch bore and 60 inch stroke |
| Propulsion: | stern-wheel |
Manzanillo was a stern-wheel driven steamboat built at Portland, Oregon in 1881. Manzanillo was first run on the Columbia River route from Portland to Clatskanie, Oregon and way points along the river. The initial owner of the boat was the People's Freighting Company, but the Shaver family soon acquired control of the vessel, which became the first vessel of what is now Shaver Transportation Company.
Manzanillo also served on the upper Willamette River, the lower Willamette (between Portland and Oregon City. The boat was also reported to have been employed on the Lake River. The Shavers sold Manzanillo in 1892. The new owners ran Manzanillo for a short time, then dismantled it and reused the engines on a new steamer they built.
Manzanillo was built in 1881 at Portland, Oregon by Capt. Charles Bureau (1840-1936).Manzanillo was described as “one of the fastest and neatest of the small steamers on the Columbia.”
Manzanillo was 110 ft (33.53 m) long, 22 ft (6.71 m) beam, and 4 ft (1.22 m) depth of hold. The overall size of the vessel was 217.23 gross tons and 129.87 registered tons. The official merchant vessel registry number was 91373.
The twin single cylinder engines generated nominal 9.6 horsepower. Each cylinder had a bore of 12 inches and a stroke of 60 inches.
Charles Bureau operated Manzanillo on the route from Portland to Clatskanie, Oregon, with Henry “Poppy” Pape (1852-1907) as chief engineer.
In July 1885, Manzanillo was owned by the People’s Freighting Company, of which Charles Bureau was president and A.S. Foster was secretary and treasurer. Owners of the Pacific Freighting Company were James W. Shaver (1859-1922), Henry W. Corbett, Captain Foster, and Captain Bureau.
In July 1885 Manzanillo departed from the Morrison Street wharf in Portland every other morning at 6:00 a.m. except Sunday, running for Skamokawa, W.T. on Mondays and Fridays, and on Wednesdays for Clatskanie, Oregon and way landings, returning to Portland on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
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