page_title: Elwood (sternwheeler)
section_title: 1895 wheat harvest in the Willamette valley
hierarchical_section_title: Elwood (sternwheeler) / 1895 wheat harvest in the Willamette valley
caption_attribution_description: English: Sternwheelers Altona and Elwood at Salem, Oregon, 1893 (detail)
context_page_description: Elwood was a sternwheel steamboat which was built to operate on the Willamette River, in Oregon, but which later operated on the Lewis River in Washington, the Stikine River in Canada, and on Puget Sound. The name of this vessel is sometimes seen spelled "Ellwood". Elwood is probably best known for an incident in 1893, when it was approaching the Madison Street Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge swung open to allow the steamer to pass. However, a streetcar coming in from the east end of the bridge failed to notice the bridge was open, and ran off into the river in the Madison Street Bridge disaster.
context_section_description: In August 1895, it was reported that "an immense lot of wheat" was being delivered to the Imperial Mills at Oregon City from landings on the upper Willamette River.  As of August 23, 1895, Elwood had been engaged for ten days carrying wheat from Mission Landing (near St. Paul) and other points on the upper river to the mills at Oregon City.
caption: Altona (left) and Elwood (right) at Salem, Oregon.
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