Meteor Boat Company
Meteor Boat Company, Santa Catalina Island was a successful transportation company across the channel to the island as well as around the island. Originally located on the beach at Avalon Bay, a conflict broke out between the Santa Catalina Island Company and the Meteor Boat Company over island access. The case was settled in court with access being allowed to vessels at Avalon Bay below high-tide. Meteor Boat Company was eventually located on the western side of Avalon Bay where the Catalina Yacht Club was built in 1924. By 1915 the company was paying the city of Avalon $2000 a year for the glass-bottomed boat concession. The receipts of the company for 1914 were stated to be $16,309. The company was acquired by the Wilmington Transportation Company in 1920. Their vessels included:
and the glass-bottom boats:
In 1913 the company purchased the famous Chinese junk, Ning Po (1753), to place as an attraction at Santa Catalina Island. Two larger side-wheel glass-bottom boats were also built.
