Welcome (sternwheeler)
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.jpg) Welcome, circa 1904, somewhere on the Coquille River. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Welcome |
| Port of registry | Coos Bay, Oregon |
| Builder | S.H. McAdams, Coquille, Oregon |
| In service | 1900 |
| Out of service | January 11, 1907 |
| Identification | U.S. 81707 |
| Fate | Broke loose from mooring during flood. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland passenger/freight |
| Tonnage | 30 gross tons; 21 registered tons |
| Length | 56 ft (17.07 m) |
| Beam | 13.5 ft (4.11 m) |
| Depth of hold | 2.8 ft (0.85 m) |
| Decks | two |
| Installed power | Twin steam engines, horizontally mounted |
| Propulsion | Sternwheel |
Welcome was a sternwheel steamboat that was operated on the Coquille River on the south Oregon coast from 1900 to 1907.
Welcome was built at Coquille, Oregon, in 1900 by S.H. McAdams[1] The steamer was 56 ft (17.07 m) long, with a beam of 13.5 ft (4.11 m) and depth of hold of 2.8 ft (0.85 m).[2] The overall size of the vessel was 30 gross and 21 registered tons.[2] Power was furnished by twin steam engines, each driving a pitman arm connected to a crankpin on the sternwheel.
Service and route
Welcome was intended to be used for passenger service on the Coquille River.[1] The route on the Coquille ran from Bandon on the coast, upriver to the county sea, Coquille, and then to Myrtle Point, which was near the head of navigation.
In 1901 only three steamers served on the river between Coquille and Myrtle Point, these were the propeller Reta (18 registered tons) the sternwheeler Echo (53 registered tons) and Welcome (21 registered tons).[3] Between these three vessels they hauled 1,554 tons of freight upriver and 2,834 tons downriver.[3] Upriver, the biggest single item was general merchandise, 800 tons.[3] Downriver was almost entirely agricultural products, with the biggest single item being 1,035 tons of milk.[3] 10,187 passengers were carried up and downriver.[3]
