Steamboat Graveyards
When steamboat service ended on the Coquille, at least three steamers, Myrtle, Telegraph, and Dora were all beached on the river near Bandon. See external link section below for image files showing the steamboat graveyard.
Astoundingly, the Mary D. Hume, built in 1881, is still largely intact, lying on the shore at Gold Beach, Oregon. The wreck itself is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Wreck of the Mary D. Hume, at low tide
- another photo of the wreck of the Mary D. Hume
The steam ferry Roosevelt, which used to run on Coos Bay, was photographed abandoned near Marshfield in 1941.
- wreck of Roosevelt, steam ferry, near Marshfield
Read more about this topic: Steamboats Of The Oregon Coast
Famous quotes containing the word steamboat:
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)