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Show 4 One of his crew had navigated the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers for practically the entire length ; another had been on the Red River at flood times , and the remainder ( had bad ) ( had bad ) canoe and ( gen- gen ) eral boating experience . ( R . 41 . ) The larger boats weighed , ( unloaded -uyLloaded uyLloaded ) , about ( 1,000 1,00-0 ) pounds each and cost 950 each , f . o . b . New York , and the small boat , unloaded , approximately ( 800 80-0 ) pounds , cost 350 f . o . b . New York . The expedition left Greenriver , Utah , June 27 , 1927 . Compl . Exh . No . 16 is photograph taken ( where -Yhere Yhere ) boats were launched , shows the two bridges at Greenriver . The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad crosses the river at that point . ( R . 42 . ) Compl . Exh . No . 17 is photograph of boats and some members of crew . ( R . 43 . ) Compl . Exh . No . 18 is photograph taken from river , showing Dellenbaugh Butte , between ( Green- Green ) river and the mouth of the San Rafael , ( 18 IS ) or 20 miles below Greenriver . ( R . 43-44 . ) On launching the boats the water was high , and they were immediately in very swift water and had some difficulty in keeping clear of the bridge ( pil- pil ) ings . The river swept them down below the bridges and for a moment threatened to pile them upon a ( willow-fringed willowfringed ) sandbar in the middle of the river . They floated to a point where there is a sharp bend , down about five to eight miles . The water piling against the bank on the right shore |