T. J. Potter
T.J. Potter
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| History | |
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| Name: | T.J. Potter |
| Owner: |
 Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
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| Route: | Columbia River, Puget Sound |
| Builder: | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company |
| Launched: | May 29, 1888 |
| In service: | 1888 |
| Out of service: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Abandoned, Northeast shore of Youngs Bay, near Astoria |
| Status: | Abandoned |
| Notes: | Reconstructed in 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | inland steamship |
| Tonnage: | Before rebuild gross tonnage 650 tons, net tonnage 590 tons. After rebuild gross tonnage 1017 tons, net tonnage 826 tons. |
| Length: | 230 ft (70.1 m); after reconstruction: 234 ft (71.3 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Depth: | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) depth of hold |
| Decks: | three (freight, passenger, boat) |
| Installed power: | steam engine |
| Propulsion: | sidewheels |
The T.J. Potter was a steamboat that operated in the Northwestern United States. The boat was launched in 1888. Her upper cabins came from the steamboat Wide West. This required some modification, because the T.J. Potter was a side-wheeler, whereas the Wide West had been a stern-wheeler. The boat's first owner was the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. The T. J. Potter was one of the few side-wheeler boats that operated on the Columbia River.
The T.J. Potter, commonly referred to as the Potter, was named after first the vice president of the Union Pacific Railroad's operations in the west. She was built entirely of wood by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, owned by John F. Steffan. She was built for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. She was launched at Portland, Oregon in 1888. She was propelled by two non-condensing steam engines, with 32" cylinders, each with an eight-foot stroke, and generating (together or singly is not certain) 1,700 horsepower. Her single boiler and firebox were built in 1887 by the Pusey & Jones Company, of Wilmington, Delaware. The boiler was 32 feet (9.8 m) long with a diameter of 84 inches (2,100 mm). Her gross tonnage was 659 and her net tonnage was 589. As built, the Potter was 230 feet (70 m) long, with a beam of 35 feet (11 m), and depth of hold of 10 1⁄2 feet. Her U.S. registry number was 145489.
Construction of the Potter was supervised by Capt. James William Troup, one of the most famous steamboat captains in the West, as well as the owner of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the builders of the T. J. Potter. On May 26, 1888, the same year the Potter was built, Captain Troup had brought the sternwheeler Hassalo over a six-mile (10 km) stretch of rapids called the Cascades of the Columbia during low water, reaching speeds of 50 miles (80 km) an hour in the process.
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