US Mail boat "Wallamet" which was built at Canemah on the Willamette River in Oregon in 1853. It was a sidewheeler built after the fashion of the Mississippi River packet boats and was 150 feet long and carried 272 tons. Image from an original daguerreotype, and resides in the Salem Public Library Historic Photograph Collection. An antique print is maintained, as part of the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
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