Leona (sternwheeler)

The steamship "Leona" operated from 1899 to 1912 on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.Mills, Randall V., "Sternwheelers Up Columbia", at 89, University of Nebraska Press (1977 reprint of 1947 edition) ISBN 0-8032-5874-7]

Construction

"Leona" was built in 1899, at Portland, Oregon, and launched under the name "McMinnville". Soon afterwards she was acquired by the Graham family, rebuilt and renamed "Leona". She was a sternwheeler driven by twin-single cylinder horizontally-mounted steam engines. She was built for the Graham steamboat line, formally called the Oregon City Transportation Company, but also known as the “Yellow Stack Line”. All the steamers of the line had names that ended in -"ona": "Latona", "Ramona", "Altona", "Leona", "Pomona", "Oregona", and "Grahamona".

Operations on Willamette River

"Leona" ran on the upper Willamette River, that is, above Willamette Falls.

Loss by fire

In 1912, "Leona" burned on the Willamette River and was destroyed. fortunately without injuries or loss of anyone’s life.

ee also

Steamboats of the Columbia River

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