Stern-wheel river craft used by the Moab Garage Co. on the Colorado River during the 1920s, hauling freight or passengers. Photo taken near Moab, Utah.

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Title Stern-wheel river craft used by the Moab Garage Co. on the Colorado River during the 1920s, hauling freight or passengers. Photo taken near Moab, Utah.
Photo Number P0063n28
Description Photo of a Stern-wheel river craft used by the Moab Garage Co. on the Colorado River during the 1920s, hauling freight or passengers. Photo taken near Moab, Utah
Keywords Utah; Rivers and Lakes; Boats and boating; Colorado River
Subject Boats and boating--Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Photographs; River boats--Photographs
Additional Information The only people to really be successful at hauling freight and passengers on the Colorado were the Baldwin brothers, owners of the Moab Garage Company, who built and used a number of powered barges and scows in the 1920s. In 1925 the company contracted with local oil companies to transport machinery and equipment from Moab to the wells. For this purpose a 75-foot long scow was built powered by a 40-horsepower automobile engine and an eight-foot paddlewheel. The boat was 14-15 feet wide, three feet deep and drew four inches when empty. Between March of 1925 ad June of 1929, the scow made about 240 trips between Moab and the wells, located within a distance of 38 miles below Moab
Collection Number and Name P0063 River Boats Photograph Collection
Collection Name River Boats
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Date 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930
Textual Date 1920s
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From Unknown
Rights
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6r50bvd
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 955108
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r50bvd
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