Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inférieure. The department can be split into three main areas: The département was created in 1790 as Seine-Inférieure, one of five departements that replaced the former province of Normandy. In 1800 five arrondissements were created within the département, namely Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Neufchatel and Yvetot, although the latter two were disbanded in 1926. On 18
Steamboats of the Colorado River Fort Yuma at Jaeger's Ferry. In 1858, 1 mile above Colorado City, across the river from Fort Yuma, Arizona City was founded, (renamed Yuma in 1873). In 1865, a better location for an anchorage, and a port and shipyard was established at Port Isabel, Sonora, 157 miles below Fort Yuma and 7 miles east of the river mouth on the eastern outlet of the river. In 1873, Lerdo Landing appeared on the river, 3 miles above Port Famine, to connect the pioneering agricultural settlement of Colonia Lerdo to the steamboat traffic on the river. Port Isabel remained in use until