Ceres (steamer)

The steamer Ceres, a small propeller, was built on the Coquille River in 1877 by Capt. Edward Reed. She was originally fitted with a four by six engine, which was replaced in 1880 by one eight by eight. Captains Edward Reed and O. Reed commanded her until 1886, when Levi Snyder took her for a short time. He was succeeded by John H. Yager, George Leneve, H. W. Dunham, Robert J. Dunham, and N. J. Cornwall. C. E. Lockwood, Joseph E. Fox, and many other well known engineers, have handled her machinery. E. W. Wright, Organization of Pacific Coast S. S. Co., Fierce Competition on Ocean Routes, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.253.

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