Iowa (steamboat)

It weighed 112 tons, could pull 10 keelboats, and it set the speed record from Galena, Illinois to St. Louis in 1843, making the trip in 44 hours, a record that held until 1849.

[1] The Iowa sank after a collision with the steamboat Declaration on Oct. 1, 1847 while traveling from New Orleans to St. Louis.

This liability for this collision was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court case John Walsh v. Patrick Rogers (54 U.S.

[5] An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th century.

[6] In 1898 an excursion steamboat named Iowa was launched in Independence, Iowa, after several years as a popular attraction, it was carried over the Independence dam by high water and was demolished.

Steamboat Iowa chuffing up the Mississippi through Dubuque, Iowa , ca. 1865.
Seal of Iowa , showing the Steamboat Iowa on the right.
A black and white picture with boats on a river and buildings on the far side of the river
Picture of Davenport, Iowa , 1865; on the right is the Iowa .