Sternwheeler Jean

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = JEAN (steamboat)

| nrhp_type =

| image = Steamboat Jean at Portland 04 Oct 2009.JPG

| caption = Jean moored in Portland, Oregon, in 2009

| location = North Portland Harbor, Columbia River, Portland, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|45|36|31.6|N|122|41|18.8|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Portland#Oregon#USA

| built = 1938

| architecture = Steam-powered tugboat, former sternwheeler

| added = August 8, 1989

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 89001001{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Sternwheeler Jean is a historic steamboat that operated on the Willamette River, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is a {{convert|168|ft|m|adj=on}}-long tugboat (counting its paddle wheels, now removed), built in 1938 for the Western Transportation Company (a former Crown Zellerbach subsidiary) and in service until 1957.{{cite web|title=Derelict Vessels|url=http://nrt.sraprod.com/nrtconf/reports/2011/RRT10_Derelict_Vessels.pdf|year=2011|publisher=U.S. National Response Team|accessdate=December 13, 2013|page=16}} (Note: Includes two photographs.) In August 1989, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Nez Perce County, Idaho.{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/Weekly_Register_List_1989.pdf |title=Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 8/07/89 through 8/11/89 |format=PDF|date=August 18, 1989 |page=217|publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=December 13, 2013}} At that time, it was located in Lewiston, Idaho, having been there since 1976.{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Elaine|title=Jean starts journey downriver; Sternwheeler finally catches a ride to Portland |url=http://apps.itd.idaho.gov/Apps/MediaManagerMVC/NewsClipping.aspx/Preview/2342 |accessdate=December 13, 2013|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|date=July 13, 2004}} In Lewiston, its location changed from time to time, and Hells Gate State Park was among the locations where Jean was moored. As of 1997, it was still in Lewiston, afloat on the Snake River, but its operating equipment had been removed. Its private owner at that time, the James River Corporation, sold the tug in 1998. In July 2004, Jean was moved from Lewiston to Portland, Oregon. Subsequently, its twin paddle wheels have been removed.

File:Sternwheeler Jean in North Portland Harbor in 2006.jpg

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