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 DispositionCochanstern1899Yuma unknownYuma, 1899Colorado Steam Navigation Company234135'31' 22" loaded, 11" light Taken from the Gila - 125 tons. Dismantled Spring, 1910Cocopah Istern1859San Francisco unknownGridiron, Sonora, Aug. 1859George A. Johnson & Company unknown140'29' 14.5"Arizona Miner, May 25, 1864, pg. 3, col. 4unknown - 60 tons, tow 100 ton barge Dismantled 1867, housing in Port IsabelCocopah IIstern1867Arizona CityunknownArizona City, May 1867George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company231147.5'28' unknown unknown - unknownDismantled 1881Colorado I stern1855 San Francisco John G. NorthScott, 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. 123Estuary, Dec. 1855George A. Johnson & Company unknown120' unknown unknown80 hp - 70 tonsDismantled April, 1862Colorado II stern1862Arizona CityJohn G. North 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. 125Arizona City, 1862George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company179145'29' 16"80 hp from Colorado I - 70 tonsDismantled 1882Esmerelda stern1862San Francisco Patrick Henry Tiernan 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. 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, 2015San 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 unknown93'20' 33"unknown - 50 tons, tow 100 ton bargeDismantled 1868Explorerstern (iron hull)1857Philadelphia Reaney, Neafie & Company 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.Robinson's Landing, Baja California, 1857U. S. ArmyCorps of Topographical Engineers, George A. Johnson & Company unknown 54' 13' 3' unknown - unknownEngine removed 1858, used as a barge until lost 1864.General Jesupside1853 unknown unknownEstuary, 1854George A. Johnson & Company unknown104'17'30"50 hp - 50 tonsDismantled, 1859.General Rosalespropeller-driven 1878 unknown unknownYuma, Arizona July 1878Gulf of California Steamship Company5496'16'4' unknown - unknownSent to Guaymas, Sonora, Sept. 1878Gilastern1873 San Francisco Patrick Henry Tiernan Port Isabel, Sonora, 1873Colorado Steam Navigation Company236149'31'16.5" (3.8' deep hull) unknown - 125 tonsRebuilt as Cochan, 1899 Mohave Istern1864San FranciscoJohn G. North Estuary, May 1864George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company193135'28'4' unknown - up to 225 tons, or tow 2 barges, with 100 tons of cargo Daily Alta California, Volume 18, Number 5946, 21 June 1866, p.1 col.4 Pacific Coast Correspondence. Letter from ArizonaDismantled 1875, machinery used to equip Onward in 1877Mohave IIstern1876 San Francisco Patrick Henry Tiernan Port Isabel, Sonora, May 1876Colorado Steam Navigation Company188149.5'31.5'12" unknown - unknownDismantled Jan. 1900 Nina Tildenstern1864San FranciscoMartin ViceSan 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 unknown97'22'12" unknown - 120 tonsWrecked Sept. 1874, at Port IsabelRettastern 1900 Yuma unknown Yuma, 1900Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company unknown36'6' unknown unknown - unknown Sunk, February, 1905St. Vallierstern1899 unknown unknown Needles, California, Early 1899Santa Ana Mining Company, Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company9474'17' unknown unknown - unknown Sunk, March, 1909San Jorgescrew1901 Chicago unknown Yuma, June 1901 Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company unknown38'9'18" unknown - unknownTo the Gulf, July 1901Searchlight stern 1902 Needles F. L. Hawley Needles, Dec. 1902Colorado River Transportation Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company, U. S. Reclamation Service98 91'18' unknown unknown - unknown "Lost", 1916 Uncle Samside June 1852 San Francisco Domingo Marcucci 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 Estuary, Nov. 1852James Turnbull4065'16' unknown 20 hp - 35 tons Foundered 1853, 6 miles below Fort YumaUnnamed steamer stern February 1859 San Francisco Henry Owens 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 Knocked down and sent to the Colorado River Estuary in the schooner Arno. 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.Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 17, Number 2500, 1 April 1859 p.5, Col. 2The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Friday Morning, May 6, 1859. Volume XXIII, Number 88, p. 1, Col.7 - p. 2, Col. 1 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
Towed barges of the Lower Colorado River Black Crook 1864-1880s, White Fawn 1864-1880s, Barge #1 1864-1900, Barge #2 1865-1900, Barge #3 1865-1900, Barge #4 1872-1900, Pumpkin Seed 1865-1867, Silas J. Lewis 1900-1909, Enterprise 1901-1909
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 DispositionBlack Eagle screw 1907Green River, Utah Harry T. Yokey Green River, Utah Jun. 1907 Harry T. Yokey 40'6' 7-8" Exploded, 1907Charles 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 1912Cliff DwellerCliff Dweller was the gasoline-powered, screw-driven, City of Moab, rebuilt as a coal fired stern-wheel steamboat. 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. 1907Cometstern1908Green River, Wyoming Holger Larsen Green River, Wyoming, July 1908Green River Navigation Company 60'12' coal-fired, 2 x 2O hp engines - unknown Abandoned 1908Major Powellscrew1891 unknown unknown Green River, Utah, Aug. 1891 Green Grand & Colorado River Navigation Company 35'8' 26" coal-fired (wood on 2nd voyage), 2 x 6 hp - 3 tons Dismantled, 1894Undinestern 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
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978, pp. 161–165, Appendix A and B
Steamboats in general
External links
Richard Frajola: The Western Mails, Steamboat mail of the Colorado River