page_title: Orient (sternwheeler)
section_title: Dimensions
hierarchical_section_title: Orient (sternwheeler) / Dimensions
caption_attribution_description: English: Stern-wheel steamboat Occident, at Albany, Oregon, near Red Crown Mills (white building on right), and also near where a railroad bridge would be built across the Willamette River. Historian Corning, who inspected the original, stated that a uniformed band and the top hats worn by the passengers mark the image as depicting a special occasion. Image created sometime between 1875 and 1891.
context_page_description: Orient was a light-draft sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1875 for the Willamette River Transportation Company, a concern owned by pioneer businessman Ben Holladay. Shortly after its completion, it was acquired by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Orient was a near-twin vessel of a steamer built at the same time, the Occident.
  Orient served until 1892 on the Willamette and Yamhill rivers, after which it was sold for a small amount to a new owner who thought the steamer could be put to some use. Orient was operated until 1894, and had tendency to sink during its last years in service.
  In April 1893, Orient sank after a collision with a bridge in Portland, Oregon in 1893, sank again on the Cowlitz River in March 1894, and then in September 1894 was completely destroyed by fire while efforts were being made to return Orient to service.
context_section_description: Orient and Occident were both 154 ft (46.94 m) long measured over the hull, exclusive of the extension of the main deck over the stern, called the “fantail” on which the stern-wheel was mounted.  Both vessels had a beam of 22 ft (6.71 m) exclusive of the long protective timbers along the upper portion of the hull called the guards, and a depth of hold of 5.0 ft (1.52 m).
  Orient could carry about 600 tons of freight.  According to a newspaper report from the time they were built, “their great length and breadth of beam will enable them to toat gobs of freight.”
  Orient's gross tonnage (a measure of size and not weight) was 586.95 in 1878.  The registered tonnage was 429.76 in 1889.  The official merchant vessel registry number was 19449.
caption: Steamer Occident, near twin of Orient, at Albany, Oregon circa 1880.  Note the wide beam on the vessel and the stacked cordwood fuel on the dock.
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