Ringbolt Rapids

Rapids in Black Canyon of the Colorado River
35°57′41″N 114°43′46″W / 35.96139°N 114.72944°W / 35.96139; -114.72944 

Ringbolt Rapids are a series of rapids in the upper Black Canyon of the Colorado, 12 miles above the Roaring Rapids in the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada.[1]

History

The Ringbolt Rapids were one of two of the significant hazards to navigation to steamboats, barges, and other shipping when ascending or descending the Colorado River between El Dorado Canyon and Callville, in the 19th century.[2] : 47, 49  Ringbolt Rapids gets its name from the ring bolt driven into the canyon wall there in 1866, to allow the pioneering steamboat Esmerelda to affix a line to it and draw itself up through the rapids by means of its capstan, to complete its voyage to Callville.[2]: 49 

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ringbolt Rapids
  2. ^ a b Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852–1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978
  • Murl [sic] Emory and the ring bolt in Black Canyon. from The Otis Marston Colorado River Collection, Huntington Digital Library; hdl.huntington.org accessed June 22, 2015. Photo of a ring bolt in Ringbolt Rapids, taken with Merl Emory lead boatman during the construction of Hoover Dam.
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