At 96 feet long and three decks tall, the Harriott II can accommodate as many as 350 passengers at a time. The U.S. Coast Guard-approved riverboat was built in 1981 and was extensively refurbished in 2009 upon arrival at is new home on Montgomery’s Riverwalk. Named after the historically significant Harriott, which was the first paddlewheel boat to steam is way from Mobile to Montgomery to pick up a shipment of cotton in 1821, the Harriott II has embarked on an exciting new tradition of providing entertaining and education cruises on the Alabama River.