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According to the January 11, 1854, Sacramento Daily Union, the first steamboat in California, besides the Sitka, was the Pioneer brought out in pieces from Boston, and put together at the West Point, in Benicia, and launched there in August, 1849, by the "Edward Everett Company". She was a side-wheeler, 70 feet in length, 25 feet beam, with an ...
The Steamboats of California. Including those on the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River and their tributaries, Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, San Francisco Bay and the Colorado River. Steamboats and steam ferries also operated in San Diego Bay, San Pedro Bay, Humboldt Bay and elsewhere on the California Coast.
Yosemite was built in 1862 at the yard of John Gunder North, in San Francisco.For a vessel built entirely of wood, Yosemite was enormous. She was 282' long after her rebuild following the 1865 boiler explosion, when 30' was added to her length., [1] 35' beam (80' over the paddle guards) and 13' depth of hold, and rated at 1525 tons.
Capital, was the largest of the steamboats on the rivers in California and the last side-wheel steamer built for the California Steam Navigation Company for the run between Sacramento and San Francisco until it was put to use as a ferry by the railroad between Oakland and San Francisco in July 1876. It remained on the water under various owners ...
Chrysopolis, a famous side-wheel steamboat that ran between Sacramento and San Francisco from 1860 to 1875 when it was rebuilt as a ferry that continued in service for more than 60 years. Chrysopolis was built in San Francisco, by shipbuilder John Gunder North in his new shipyard in the Potrero District.
Delta King is a 285-foot-long sternwheel steamboat (87 m) and the sister ship of Delta Queen, built in Glasgow, Scotland and Stockton, California for the California Transportation Company's service between Sacramento and San Francisco, California. She entered service in 1927 and continued until 1940.
The Steamboat Mountain Lily was in operation on the French Broad River from 1881-1885. Col. S.V. Pickens of Hendersonville and a native of Buncombe County was founder of the French Broad Steamboat ...
Eureka is a side-wheel paddle steamboat, built in 1890, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. Originally named Ukiah to commemorate the railway's recent extension into the City of Ukiah , the boat was built by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company at their ...