The T.J. Potter was a paddle steamer that operated in the Northwestern United States. The boat was launched in 1888. Her upper cabins came from the steamboat Wide West. This required some modification, because the T.J. Potter was a side-wheeler, whereas the Wide West had been a stern-wheeler. The boat's first owner was the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. The T. J. Potter was one of the few side-wheeler boats that operated on the Columbia River.
T.J. Potter
T.J. Potter in center, with smaller sidewheel steamer North Pacific on left, at Seattle, Washington, 1891
T.J. Potter following reconstruction in 1901.
folk art model of the T.J. Potter
Wide West was a steamboat that served in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It had a reputation as a luxury boat of its days.
Wide West, probably on the Willamette River.
Advertisement for Wide West and other boats of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.
Passenger accommodation on Wide West. This is identified by one source as the ladies cabin, but note the cuspidors on the carpet beside the marble-topped radiator.
Forward passenger accommodation on Wide West. Note window labeled "office", probably that either of the purser or the freight clerk. Jacketed steam drum also shown, enclosed with a low rail.
