Colorado II (sternwheeler)

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Colorado, second of its name on the Colorado River, was a stern-wheel paddle-steamer, rebuilt from the original Colorado was the fifth steamboat on the Colorado River. It was first put on the river in December 1862.

At the end of its service life the first Colorado's hull was dismantled in April, 1862. Its engine and boiler were removed and used to equip the new, larger stern-wheel Colorado that was built for the George A. Johnson & Company in San Francisco by John G. North a well known builder of steamboats in California.^[1] It was assembled and launched under the guns of Fort Yuma, in Arizona City, for fear of an attack by Confederate raiders.^[2]^: 41 The new Colorado was equipped with the old Colorado's 80 horsepower steam engine, it was a 179-ton boat slightly larger than the older boat, 145 feet long and with a 29-foot beam.^[2]^: 41

Captained by Stephen Thorne, the Colorado II remained on the river until it was dismantled in 1882.

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Steamboat Landing and Ferry at Fort Yuma. The "Colorado II." 1865 from Huntington Digital Library, hdl.huntington accessed July 25, 2015. Note mast in foreground for the ferry, It was for raising the tow cable out of the way of the steamboat stacks.

v t e Steamboats of the Colorado River
Particular vessels	Cochan Cocopah I Cocopah II Colorado I Colorado II Esmerelda Explorer General Jesup General Rosales Gila Mohave I Mohave II Nina Tilden Retta Searchlight St. Vallier San Jorge Uncle Sam
Steamboat Lines	California Development Company Colorado Steam Navigation Company George A. Johnson & Company Gulf of California Steamship Company Green, Grand & Colorado River Navigation Company Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company Pacific & Colorado Steam Navigation Company Philadelphia Silver and Copper Mining Company Stacy Brothers Union Line U.S. Reclamation Service
Water routes	Colorado River
Steamboat owners and captains	James Turnbull George Alonzo Johnson David C. Robinson Isaac Polhamus Thomas E. Trueworthy John Alexander Mellon
Builders	Austin Hills Domingo Marcucci John G. North Henry Owens Patrick Henry Tiernan
Shipyards	Port Isabel, Sonora Yuma, Arizona Territory
List of vessels	List of Steamboats on the Colorado River
Steamboats in other areas	Steamboats of California

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