"Last Lady of the River"

Known as the "Last Lady of the River," the sternwheeler Nenana was constructed in Nenana, Alaska, in 1932 and launched in 1933. She was 237 feet long and 42 feet wide, with 24 staterooms, space for 32 crew, and capacity for 300 tons of cargo. The wood-fired steam boiler that powered her paddlewheel used up to one cord of wood per hour, and she could store up to 230 cords onboard, enough wood that if each piece were laid end to end it would reach from Fairbanks, Alaska, to North Pole, Alaska, a total of just over 13 miles. In 1948, Nenana was refitted with oil-burning engines, the most advanced of the time. She operated on the Yukon and Tanana rivers until 1954 and was named a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

Fairbanks, Alaska · United States