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RIVERBOATS
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to Riverboats Begining with N, Page 1 To Riverboats Starting With the Word NEW 1. Name: NEBRASKA Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 101' X 13.5' X 3.1', 39 tons. Power: 1 cyl., cogwheels, flywheels, belts and other. Launched: 1853, Kittanning, Pa. Destroyed: 1866, Jan. 13, St. Louis, ice Area: 1856, Pittsburgh-West Newton, up Youghiogheny R. 1858? Upper White R., Ark. During War, St. Louis 1864, transfered registry to St. Louis Owners: When new, Walter A. Burleigh and William L. Greenhill Later just Greenhill. 1864, Vincent J. Wood of St. Louis. Captains; 1858? Cummins (See) 1864, John Olivate Comments: Mentioned in thei Article Name: NECHES BELL Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet Size: built to handle 500 bales of cotton. A relitively small boat. Built: 1889, Beaumont, Tex. total cost, excluding machinery, $3.000 Destroyed: 1897, Logansport, tied up and left when the law impounded her for debt. Water went down and she turned over. Area: Neches and Sabine Rs., Texas Owner: When new, Capts. Bill Loving and Pearl Bunn Alladice & Liles, (Capt. John M. Liles [Lyles?]) Captain: Master was Capt. John M. Liles. Pilot, then mate and later master, was John G. White Toward her end, pilot, maybe, Will Loving Comments: *Engines and machinery from the VICKSBURG. : *Had electric lighting by 1893. : Was most luxurious Neches R. Packet of the day. : See source Article Name: NED TRACY, Originally the D.A. JANUARY 1. Name: NELLIE PECK Type: Stern-wheeler, wooden hull packet. Size: 201.4' X 35.2' X 4.'. Launched: 1871, Brownsville, Pa. construction supervised by Capt. Grant Marsh. Destroyed: 1892, still listed Area: U. Mo. primarily 1875, Jan. made cotton run, Little Rock - New Orleans. Owner: Dupree and Peck, Levenworth, Ks. (Northwest Transportation Company) Captains: 1871-72, Grant Marsh. Comments: Made some 14 trips to Ft. Benton, Mont. in her career. : 1872, was first arrival at Ft. Benton. Capt. Marsh. : 1872, lost round-trip race with FAR WEST, Capt. Mart Coulson, Sioux City to Ft. Benton and back. : At levee at Bismark, Dakota Territory in '77. Name: NELLIE ROGERS Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet Size: 178' X 32' X 4.6', 249 tons Launched: 1862, Pittsburgh Destroyed: 1872, Jeffersonville,Ind., Dismantled. Hull used as barge. Area: Mo. R. Owners: 1862, Capt. E.W. Gould, C.S. Rogers, T.B. Chipley all of St. Louis with James Abrams, Naples, Ill. and Samuel Rider, Griggsville, Ill.. Later, Huntsville Transportation Company Captains: 1862, Gould, E.W. 1870, Jan 5, Rogers, Thomas
Name: NELSON
Area: 1849: Ohio R. around Wheeling, W. Va. area
Captain(s): Moore
Comments: From The Daily Wheeling Gazette, April 2, 1849, p. 2
Name: NENANA
Type: Sternwheeler
Size: Length, 237'; Width, 42'; tons, 260
Launched: May 15, 1933.
Restored: Nenana:
Area: Yukon and Nenana Rivers in Alaska
Owner(s): The Alaska Railroad;
: Present, Town of Nenana, Alaska
Comments: Built during 1932 and 1933. It was especially designed
with a flat bottom and a beautiful curve.
The parts were made in Seattle, Washington and taken to
Nenana, Alaska where they were assembled and launched.
After the Nenana was launched, the boat had some
problems. It was then taken from the river and modified.
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Name: NETTI DURANT
Launched: 1870s?
Area: Miss. R.
1. Name: NETTIE QUILL/MONROE
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 178.4' X 33.4' X 5.6'
Launched: 1886, Freedom Pa. for Capt. John Quill, Mobile Ala.
Destroyed: 1915, Sept. 29, New Oeleans, lost in hurricane
Area: Went to Mobile when new
1915, out of New Orleans
As MONROE, New Orleans-Ouachita R. trade
Owners: When new, Capt. John Quill
1915, Capt. Swayzie and others
1. Name: NEVADA
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 116' X 24' X 3.5', 75 tons.
Launched: 1861, Keokuk, Iowa
Destroyed: 1871, off the lists
Owners: 3/4- W.H. Harris and 1/4- Robert E. Ventress
1. Name: NEVADA
Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 299 tons.
Launched: 1863, Belle Vernon, Pa.
Destroyed: 1866, Apr. 7, St. Louis, burned
Area: Pittsburgh-St. Louis
Owned in Pittsburgh
Captain: W.S. Evans
Name: NEVILLE
Launched: 1920's, early
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: Source
Name: NEWARK
Area: Long Island Sound
Name: NEWELLA
Type: Size: Small.
Destroyed: 1860s.
Area: Mo. R.
Name: NEWSBOY, see NAUSHON
1. Name: NEWSBOY (The 1st one)
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet.
Size: 133' X 27.3' X 3.4', 115 tons
Launched: 1862, Brownsville, Pa.
Destroyed: 1870, out of service
Area: 1862, early, U. Ohio R., Bellaire-New Martinsville,
1866, Evansville-Henderson trade; 1867 one round trip daily.
Owner: 1862, late, sold to USQMD; 1866 back to private ownership
Captain: 1867, Sept., Perkins, C.G.
*At one time, Boisseau, Joseph of Shreveport, La.
Comments: *From Boisseau Biography
Name: NEZ PIERCE? CHIEF
Name: NIAGARA
Launched: 1840, after.
NAme: NICK THOMAS - Nick(, yuck, yuck,) name for N.W. THOMAS
Name: NILE
Launched: 1860s?
Area: U. Mo.
Captain and pilots: Capt. Marsh, Grant
Name: NIMROD
Launched: 1840s?
Area: Mo. R.
Captain and pilots: Capt. La Barge, Joseph.
1. Name: NINA SIMMES
Type: Sidewheel wooden packet Size: 178.8' X 35.5' X 6.7', 327 tons
Launched: 1860, New Albany, Ind.
Destroyed: 1869, Apr. 17, near Baton Rouge, snagged and lost.
Area: 1860, New Orleans-Opelousas, weekly
1865, New Orleans-Bayou Sara
Owner: 1860, Capt. G.E. Lenaillier and others
Captains: 1865, Lenaillier, G.E.; 1865, Greathouse, W.R.
Comments: Was hidden in upper Red River during Civil War.
Name: NIZINA
Type: Sternwheeler Size:
Launched: 1909
Area: Copper River, Alaska
Comments:See Alaskan Riverboats, Copper River
Name: NOAH'S ARK
Name: NOMINEE
Type: Sidewheel wooden hulled packet Size: 212 tons
Launched: 1848, Shousetown, Pa.
Destroyed: 1854, Apr. 8, snagged and lost at Britts Landing.
Area: U. Miss. R.: 1849, Pittsburgh - Cincinnati
:1850, St. Paul trade
Owner: 1854, Galena & Minnesota Packet Co.
Captain(s): 1848, Smith, Joseph
: 1850, Harris, D. Smith
: 1851- 53 or 4, Orrin Smith, 1854, Apr. Russell Blakeley
Comments: Mentioned a few times in this Article
1851, Apr. 4, arrived at St. Paul, Minn.
1852, Apr. 16, arrived At St.Paul
1854, Apr. 8, arrived at St. Paul
Credit: Way's Packet Directory, 1848 - 1994
Name: NORTH ALABAMA
Destroyed: Near Vermillion, SD
Area: Mo. R.
Captains: 1869, Capt. Marsh, Grant
Comments: 1869, fall, Marsh risked ice entrapment to deliver
supplies to forts along U. Mo. R.
Name: NORTH AMERICAN
Area: Hudson R.
Captain(s): Buckman
Comments: Source
Name: NORTH AMERICAN
Launched: Late 1820's?
Comments: 1830: made run N.O - Memphis in 6 days, a record.
Name: NORTH CAROLINA More info
Destroyed:1840, July 26. Struck by the Gov. Dudley
Area: Miss. R.?
Name: NORTH POINT
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Name: NORTH RIVER See CLERMONT
Name: NORTH ST.LOUIS
Comments: 1837, July, Attempted to navigate Missouri's Osage R. but was
interrupted when 40 mi. upstream the steamer grounded on the
gravel bar that bears its name. Was refloated by spring rains.
See Article
Name: NORTH STAR
Launched: 1870s?
Area: Miss. R.?
1. Name: NORTH WESTERN
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 245' X 38.5' X 5.', 802 tons.
Power: engines, 26's-8 ft. from JAMES WHITE, 4 boilers each 41" X 26'
Launched: 1870, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1882, July 12, St. Louis, foot of Alma St., burned.
Area: U. Miss. R.
Owners: built for Keokuk Northern Line
Captains: 1870-75, Thomas L. Davidson
1882, Al Haycock
At one time piloted by Oscar M. Ruby
1. Name: NORTHERN BELLE
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 226' X 29' X 5.', 329 tons.
Launched: 1856, Cincinnati, Oh.
Destroyed: 1870, off the lists.
Area: *1858, Galena-Dubuque-Dunleith-St. Paul
1862, U. Miss. R.
Owner: 1856, Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith and Minnesota Packet Company
1862, Davidson, Commodore W. F.
Captains: 1858-59, Jesse Y. Hurd
1861, W.H. Laughton
Comments: *1856 or so, raced KEY CITY, lost.
: Became tow-boat. Was also the longest lived steamboat.
: Mentioned in this Article
*Jones Worden's Steamboats and Steamboating Career by Frederick J. Worden
1. Name: NORTHERN LIGHT
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 240' X 40' X 5.', 414 tons.
Power: 22's -7 ft., 8 boilers, each 46" X 17'
Wheels, 31' with 9' buckets w/30" dip.
Launched: 1857, Madison, Ind.
Destroyed:1866, Apr. 11, Coon Slough, Stern struck pile of ice, sank in 30'.
Area: 1857, U. Miss. R.
*1858, Galena-Dubuque-Dunleith-St. Paul
Owner: 1856, Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith and Minnesota Packet Company
1857, Northern Line Packet Company
Captains: 1856-1860 at least, Preston Lodwick
1860, John B. Davis
1862, W.H. Gabbert
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
*Jones Worden's Steamboats and Steamboating Career by Frederick J. Worden
Name: NORTHERNER
1853-57
Name: NORTHERNER
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull, packet. Size: 210' X 33' X 5.5', 332 tons.
Launched: 1858, Elizabeth, Pa., Ekin yard
Destroyed: 1864, July 13, St. Louis, burned
Area: 1858, St. Louis-St. Paul, U. Miss. R.
Owner: 1858, Northern Line Packet Company
18??, United States Mail Line
Captain: 1858, Pliny A. Alvord
Comments: Made run Louisville - St. Louis 1854, 1/22/30
: Mentioned in this Article
: St. Croix R., raced KEY CITY. Lost.
Name: NORWICH
Type: Side-wheeler Size: 175 X 45
Launched: 1836,
Destroyed: as late as 1909
Area: Hudson R.
1.Name: NOVELTY
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 64 tons
Launched: 1859, Wheeling, Va.
Area: 1860, Upper White R. serving Marion County landings
Comments: 1861, went to Confederate registry.
: Mentioned in this Article
1.Name: NOVELTY
Launched: 1886, Manchester, Oh.
1.Name: NOVELTY
Launched: 1894, Vicksburg, Miss.
3. Name: NUEVA HERMANOS
Launched: 1840's mid?
Area: Sacramento R. Calf.
Comments: 1849, Aug. 31, Listed in the Alta Californian as plying trade
on the waters of the Sacramento R.
Name: NUNIVEC
Launched: 1890s?
Area: Alaska
Owner: U. S. As a coast guard boat
Name: NYMPH
1862-64
Name: NYMPH
1863-65+
Name: NYMPH No. 2
Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet. Size: 147' X 24.9' X 4.', 149 tons.
Power: From Way's "Engines: 10" - 4' 8", 3 boilers, each 18' long,
the center one being 42" in dia., the side ones 22" dia..
There were two 14" flues in the center boiler and one 14" in the side boilers."
Launched: 1864, Portsmouth, Oh. for Capt. Henry Davies of Portsmouth, Oh.
Destroyed: 1868, Mar. 3, There is a record of a NYMPH that sank on a chain of rocks at
Sibley, Mo., this may be that NYMPH.
1. Way's Packet Directory, 1848 - 1994
3. Steamboats in the Valley
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