El Dorado (side-wheeler)

	El Dorado (side-wheeler) El Dorado was a 153 ton side-wheel steamship, was ordered by Captain J. W. Wright and built by Thomas Collyer, it was originally to be named ''Caribbean'', however she was sold while still on the stocks to Howland & Aspinwall, who were building up a fleet of steamers on the Atlantic Ocean. Jerry MacMullen, Paddlewheel Days In California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1970. Aspinwall Steam Transportation Line After news of the California Gold Rush was arrived, George W. Aspinwall, of Philadelphia then had Thomas Young in Wilmington, Delaware, have ''El Dorado'' rigged as a 3 masted schooner to sail around Cape Horn to San Francisco Bay. Upon reaching San Francisco in February 1850, Aspinwall had Domingo Marcucci take down the masts and rigging to convert it for running as a steamboat on the Sacramento River between San Francisco and Sacramento. The Aspinwall Line had ''El Dorado'' running twice weekly on this run against the 326.75 ton '' Mckim'' and 755 ton ''Senator'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Howland & Aspinwall Howland & Aspinwall was a merchant firm based in New York City in the 1830s and 1840s. It specialized in the Pacific Ocean trade, especially the importing of goods from China. It is best known for taking a pioneering role in the financing of clipper ships, especially the American-built ''Rainbow'' and ''Sea Witch''. History The firm, originally known as G.G. & S.S. Howland, was founded by brothers Gardiner Greene Howland and Samuel Shaw Howland. In 1832, upon the admission of their clerk, William Henry Aspinwall, the firm became known as Howland & Aspinwall. Howland & Aspinwall imported high-status goods such as porcelain, silk, and tea from China, and sold them to Americans of means. Import duties paid by firms such as Howland & Aspinwall played a significant role in the financing of the American federal budget during the 1840s. Howland & Aspinwall exported opium to China. Pacific Mail Steamship Company In 1848, as a result of the United States's acquisition of Califo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Passenger Ships Of The United States A passenger (also abbreviated as pax) is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward. The vehicles may be bicycles, buses, passenger trains, airliners, ships, ferryboats, and other methods of transportation. Crew members (if any), as well as the driver or pilot of the vehicle, are usually not considered to be passengers. For example, a flight attendant on an airline would not be considered a passenger while on duty and the same with those working in the kitchen or restaurant on board a ship as well as cleaning staff, but an employee riding in a company car being driven by another person would be considered a passenger, even if the car was being driven on company business. Railways In railway parlance, passenger, as well as being the end user of a service, is also a categorisation of the type of rolling stock used.Simmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sidewheel Steamboats Of California Sidewheel, or Sidewheeler or Sidewheels may refer to: * Sidewheel steamer, type of paddle steamer * Paddle wheel, type of water wheel * Training wheels Training wheels (or stabilisers in British English and Hiberno-English) are an additional wheel or wheels mounted parallel to the rear wheel of a bicycle that assist learners until they have developed a usable sense of balance on the bicycle. Ty ... {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1849 Ships Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in the Hungarian capitals, Buda and Pest. The Hungarian government and parliament flee to Debrecen. * January 8 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: Romanian armed groups massacre 600 unarmed Hungarian civilians, at Nagyenyed.Hungarian HistoryJanuary 8, 1849 And the Genocide of the Hungarians of Nagyenyed/ref> * January 13 Second Anglo-Sikh War – Battle of Tooele: British forces retreat from the Sikhs. The Colony of Vancouver Island is established. * January 21 General elections are held in the Papal States. Hungarian Revolution of 1848: Battle of Nagyszeben – The Hungarian army in Transylvania, led by Josef Bem, is defeated by the Austrians, led by Anton Puchner. * January 23 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Steamboats Of California Steamboats operated in California on San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, and Sacramento River as early as November 1847, when the Sitka (Side-wheeler, 1847), ''Sitka'' built by William Leidesdorff, William A. Leidesdorff briefly ran on San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River to New Helvetia. After the first discovery of gold in California the first shipping on the bays and up the rivers were by ocean going craft that were able to sail close to the wind and of a shallow enough draft to be able to sail up the river channels and sloughs, although they were often abandoned by their crews upon reaching their destination. Regular service up the rivers, was provided primarily by schooners and launches to Sacramento and Stockton, that would take a week or more to make the trip. First steamboats on the Sacramento River and Delta According to the January 11, 1854, Sacramento Daily Union, the first steamboat in California, besides the ''Sitka'', was the Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]