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''Newport'' was an American steamboat built in 1908 at Yaquina City, Oregon. Now a ghost town, Yaquina City was then the terminus of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad. For many years ''Newport'' transported excursionists in the summer months across a short water route between Yaquina City and the town of Newport, Oregon. ''Newport'' was originally built as a steam-powered vessel, and used some of the components, including the boiler, from an earlier steamer, the ''T.M. Richardson''. Although only a small wooden vessel, ''Newport'', with the aid of an unpowered barge lashed alongside, transported as many as 500 passengers at a time on the short trip across Yaquina Bay. In 1914, to accommodate anticipated greater patronage of the rail line, ''Newport'' was converted to gasoline engine power. ==Purpose== In 1908, the Newport-Yaquina route was purchased by Jack Fogarty and Capt. Oscar F. Jacobson from Capt. Chatterton. Fogarty and Jacobson were brothers-in-law, O.F. Jacobson being married to Julia Fogarty (d.1918), Jack Fogarty’s sister. Passengers bound for Newport, Agate Beach, Otter Rocks, Seal Rocks, Waldport, Tidewater and Yachats would arrive by rail at Yaquina City, Oregon. Baggage and cargo would be transferred from the train to the steamer by the train pulling out onto a pier and the baggage then being sent down a chute onto the steamer.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newport (steamboat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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