Black Cloud (steamboat wreck)

  • Also Known As: Site 41LB37

  • Vicinity: Trinity River, Address Restricted
  • Type: Shipwreck
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1866/00/00 The BLACK CLOUD sidewheel steamboat is built in orange, Texas. She will transport cotton and other goods to and from Galveston on the Brazos River.
1873/00/00 The BLACK CLOUD steamboat sinks at Old Green's Ferry Crossing in the Trinity River near Liberty, Texas. Mr Richardson, a co-owner, removes its bronze bell and gives it to the First United Methodist Church in Liberty.

Data »

Particulars for Black Cloud (steamboat wreck):
Cultural Affiliation American
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Boat Attribute Paddlewheeler
Boat Type Riverboat
Disposition Shipwreck
Boat attribute Sidewheeler
Sight Category Site
Owner State
Boat Attribute Steamboat
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 92001401
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Paddlewheel river steamboat
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Historic and non-aboriginal, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: American
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1866, 1873
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Street furniture, object

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