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Explorer

Steamer
  • Built in 1857 as the iron -hull steamer Explorer at Reaney, Neafie & Co., Philidelphia, PA.
  • Assembled by George A. Johnson & Co. in the lower delta of the Colorado River
  • Exlorer was for Second Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives and used by him to carry the U.S. Army Corps Topographical Engineers expedition to explore the Colorado River above Fort Yuma in 1858.
  • Explorer was converted to a barge in 1864 after her engine was removed
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
  • Displacement, unknown
  • Length 54'0"
  • Beam 13'0"
  • Draft 3'0"
  • Speed unknown
  • Complement unknown
  • Armament: unknown
  • Propulsion:
    boiler(s)
    one steam engine
    sternwheel
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    Explorer
    301311501    		 57k Steamer Explorer steaming upriver on the Colorado River past Chimney Peak in 1858
    Lithograph by Balduin Mollhausen - "Southwestern Exlporations" ©2014     		John Spivey
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