List of Steamboats on the Colorado River

This list summarizes basic characteristics of steamboats and towed barges placed in service on the Colorado River and its tributaries. The article Steamboats of the Colorado River expands on the topic.

Steamboats on the Lower Colorado River

Table 1: Steamboats on the Lower Colorado River
Name Type Year built Where built Builders Launched Owners Tons Length Beam Draft Engines - cargo tonnage Disposition
Cochan stern 1899 Yuma unknown Yuma, 1899 Colorado Steam Navigation Company 234 135' 31' 22" loaded, 11" light Taken from the Gila - 125 tons. Dismantled Spring, 1910
Cocopah I stern 1859 San Francisco unknown Gridiron, Sonora, Aug. 1859 George A. Johnson & Company unknown 140' 29' 14.5"[1] unknown - 60 tons, tow 100 ton barge Dismantled 1867, housing in Port Isabel
Cocopah II stern 1867 Arizona City unknown Arizona City, May 1867 George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company 231 147.5' 28' unknown unknown - unknown Dismantled 1881
Colorado I stern 1855 San Francisco John G. North [2] Estuary, Dec. 1855 George A. Johnson & Company unknown 120' unknown unknown 80 hp - 70 tons Dismantled April, 1862
Colorado II stern 1862 Arizona City John G. North [3] Arizona City, 1862 George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company 179 145' 29' 16"[4] 80hp from Colorado I - 70 tons Dismantled 1882
Esmerelda stern 1862 San Francisco Patrick Henry Tiernan[5]:149[6] San Francisco, engaged in the upper San Joaquin River trade, sent to Colorado River arriving March, 1864 Union Line, Pacific & Colorado Steam Navigation Co., Arizona Navigation Co., George A. Johnson & Company unknown 93' 20' 33" unknown - 50 tons, tow 100 ton barge Dismantled 1868
Explorer stern (iron hull) 1857 Philadelphia Reaney, Neafie & Company [7]:21 Robinson's Landing, Baja California, 1857 U. S. ArmyCorps of Topographical Engineers, George A. Johnson & Company unknown 54' 13' 3' unknown - unknown Engine removed 1858, used as a barge until lost 1864.
General Jesup side 1853 unknown unknown Estuary, 1854 George A. Johnson & Company unknown 104' 17' 30" 50 hp - 50 tons Dismantled, 1859.
General Rosales propeller-driven 1878 unknown unknown Yuma, Arizona July 1878 Gulf of California Steamship Company 54 96' 16' 4' unknown - unknown Sent to Guaymas, Sonora, Sept. 1878
Gila stern 1873 San Francisco Patrick Henry Tiernan [5]:150 Port Isabel, Sonora, 1873 Colorado Steam Navigation Company 236 149' 31' 16.5" (3.8' deep hull) unknown - 125 tons Rebuilt as Cochan, 1899
Mohave I stern 1864 San Francisco John G. North [3] Estuary, May 1864 George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company 193 135' 28' 4' unknown - up to 225 tons, or tow 2 barges, with 100 tons of cargo[8] Dismantled 1875, machinery used to equip Onward in 1877
Mohave II stern 1876 San Francisco Patrick Henry Tiernan [5]:150 Port Isabel, Sonora, May 1876 Colorado Steam Navigation Company 188 149.5' 31.5' 12" unknown - unknown Dismantled Jan. 1900
Nina Tilden stern 1864 San Francisco Martin Vice San Francisco, July 1864, arrived at Colorado River Aug. 1864 Philadelphia Silver & Copper Mining Co., Pacific & Colorado Steam Navigation Co., Arizona Navigation Co., George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company unknown 97' 22' 12" unknown - 120 tons Wrecked Sept. 1874, at Port Isabel
Retta stern 1900 Yuma unknown Yuma, 1900 Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company unknown 36' 6' unknown unknown - unknown Sunk, February, 1905
St. Vallier stern 1899 unknown unknown Needles, California, Early 1899 Santa Ana Mining Company, Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company 94 74' 17' unknown unknown - unknown Sunk, March, 1909
San Jorge screw 1901 Chicago unknown Yuma, June 1901 Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company unknown 38' 9' 18" unknown - unknown To the Gulf, July 1901
Searchlight stern 1902 Needles F. L. Hawley Needles, Dec. 1902 Colorado River Transportation Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company, U. S. Reclamation Service 98 91' 18' unknown unknown - unknown "Lost", 1916
Uncle Sam side June 1852 San Francisco Domingo Marcucci[9] Estuary, Nov. 1852 James Turnbull 40 65' 16' unknown 20 hp - 35 tons Foundered 1853, 6 miles below Fort Yuma
Unnamed steamer stern February 1859 San Francisco Henry Owens[10] Knocked down and sent to the Colorado River Estuary in the schooner Arno.[10] Gila Mining & Transportation Company unknown 125' 25' 3.5' unknown - unknown Sank with the schooner Arno near Robinson's Landing before it could be unloaded and assembled. April 1859.[11] [12][13]

Towed barges of the Lower Colorado River

Steamboats on the Green and Upper Colorado Rivers

Table 2: Steamboats on the Green and Upper Colorado Rivers
Name Type Year built Where built Builders Launched Owners Tons Length Beam Draft Engines - cargo tonnage Disposition
Black Eagle screw 1907 Green River, Utah Harry T. Yokey Green River, Utah Jun. 1907 Harry T. Yokey 40' 6' 7-8" Exploded, 1907
Charles H. Spencer stern 1912 San Francisco Schultz, Robertson and Schultz Warm Creek, Arizona Feb. 1912 Charles H. Spencer 92.5' 25' 18-20" 100 hp - unknown Abandoned, Spring 1912
Cliff Dweller [14] stern 1905 Halverson's, Utah John J. Lumsden, Charles Anderson Halverson's, Utah, Nov. 1905 John J. Lumsden 70' 20' 14" coal-fired - unknown To Salt Lake, renamed Vista, Apr. 1907
Comet stern 1908 Green River, Wyoming Holger Larsen Green River, Wyoming, July 1908 Green River Navigation Company 60' 12' coal-fired, 2 x 2O hp engines - unknown Abandoned 1908
Major Powell screw 1891 unknown unknown Green River, Utah, Aug. 1891 Green Grand & Colorado River Navigation Company 35' 8' 26" coal-fired, 2 x 6 hp - 3 tons Dismantled, 1894
Undine stern 1902 Rock Island, Illinois unknown Green River, Utah, Nov. 1901 Frank H. Summerhill 60' 10' 12" - 20" coal-fired, 20 hp - 15 tons Wrecked May 1902

References

  1. ↑ Arizona Miner, May 25, 1864, pg. 3, col. 4
  2. ↑ Scott, Erving M. and Others, Evolution of Shipping and Ship-Building in California, Part II, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 25, February 1895, p. 123
  3. 1 2 Scott, Erving M. and Others, Evolution of Shipping and Ship-Building in California, Part II, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 25, February 1895, p. 125
  4. ↑ Arizona Miner, May 25, 1864, pg. 3, col. 4
  5. 1 2 3 E. M. North, Evolution of Shipping and Shipbuilding in California VI, February 1899, The Overland Monthly, Vol. XXXIII, January - June 1899, Overland Monthly Publishing Company, San Francisco, 1899.
  6. ↑ Nancy J. Olmsted, Vanished Waters: A History of San Francisco's Mission Bay", Mission Creek Conservancy, 1986, Chapter 7, Steamboat Point, 1851-1864 from foundsf.org accessed February 19, 2015
  7. ↑ Joseph C. Ives, Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 By Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Under the Direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A. A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, in Charge. By Order of the Secretary of War, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861; Part I. General Report.
  8. ↑ Daily Alta California, Volume 18, Number 5946, 21 June 1866, p.1 col.4 Pacific Coast Correspondence. Letter from Arizona
  9. ↑ Scott, Erving M. and Others, Evolution of Shipping and Ship-Building in California, Part I, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 25, January 1895, p. 15; from quod.lib.umich.edu accessed December 14, 2014
  10. 1 2 Scott, Erving M. and Others, Evolution of Shipping and Ship-Building in California, Part III, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 25, March 1895, p. 287; from quod.lib.umich.edu accessed December 14, 2014
  11. ↑ Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 17, Number 2500, 1 April 1859 p.5, Col. 2
  12. ↑ The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Friday Morning, May 6, 1859. Volume XXIII, Number 88, p. 1, Col.7 - p. 2, Col. 1
  13. ↑ Sailors Magazine, for the Year ending August 1859, Vol. XXXI, American Seamen's Friend Society, New York, 1859, p.368, Marine Losses May and June
  14. ↑ Cliff Dweller was the gasoline-powered, screw-driven, City of Moab, rebuilt as a coal fired stern-wheel steamboat.

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