Steamboat Disasters Of The Lower Missouri River
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Steamboat Disasters Of The Lower Missouri River
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Author : Vicki Berger Erwin
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-24
Steamboat Disasters Of The Lower Missouri River written by Vicki Berger Erwin and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-24 with Social Science categories.
During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was the Lower Missouri River, from Omaha to its mouth. Although derided as little more than an "orderly pile of kindling," steamboats were, in fact, technological marvels superbly adapted to the river's conditions. Their light superstructure and long, wide, flat hulls powered by high-pressure engines drew so little water that they could cruise on "a heavy dew" even when fully loaded. But these same characteristics made them susceptible to fires, explosions and snags--tree trunks ripped from the banks, hiding under the water's surface. Authors Vicki and James Erwin detail the perils that steamboats, their passengers and crews faced on every voyage.
Steamboat Disasters On The Western Waters Abridged Annotated
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Author : James T. Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
Release Date : 2016-02-02
Steamboat Disasters On The Western Waters Abridged Annotated written by James T. Lloyd and has been published by BIG BYTE BOOKS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with Transportation categories.
According to James Lloyd, the 1856 publisher of this guide, "The price of this volume is so small, that every man, woman and child, should have a copy for reference..." However true that may have been, they might not have wanted to refer to it while ACTUALLY RIDING ON A STEAMBOAT. The largest portion of the book is taken up with detailed accounts of horrific steamboat accidents involving boiler explosions, collisions with other ships, capsizing, and damage from river detritus. In one instance he records a conflagration that consumed twenty-three steamboats in New Orleans in 1849. It reads extremely well and a modern equivalent might be 1955 classic, "A Night to Remember" about Titanic, only with scores of wrecks instead of one. In some of the cases, criminal charges were brought against crew members for negligence or because they blew up a boiler while racing another steamboat while carrying 300 passengers. It makes fascinating reading of an era long gone and Lloyd did a very creditable job of cataloging scores of accidents. Why he felt this would be appropriate reading for children while traveling is something we can never know. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Lloyd S Steamboat Directory And Disasters On The Western Waters
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Author : James T. Lloyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
Lloyd S Steamboat Directory And Disasters On The Western Waters written by James T. Lloyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with Ferryboat disasters categories.
Troubled Waters
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Author : Paul F. Paskoff
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2007-12
Troubled Waters written by Paul F. Paskoff and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12 with History categories.
In Troubled Waters, Paul F. Paskoff offers a comprehensive examination of the federal government's river improvements program, which aimed to reduce hazards to navigation on the great rivers of America's interior during the early and mid-nineteenth century. Danger on the rivers came in a variety of forms. Shoals, rapids, ice, rocks, sandbars, and uprooted trees and submerged steamboat wrecks lodged in river beds were the most common perils and accounted for the largest number of steamboat disasters. This daunting array of river hazards required a similarly broad range of efforts to remove or at least ameliorate them. Against a variety of obstacles -- natural, political, and technological -- the river improvements program succeeded in reducing the rate of steamboat loss, even as steamboat traffic dramatically increased. Its success, Paskoff argues, demonstrates that the federal government was far more active than generally thought in promoting economic growth and development in the years leading up to the Civil War. The river improvements program was one of the most volatile issues in national, sectional, and state politics, touching on questions of economic development, constitutional law, partisan politics, and sectional rivalry. Paskoff examines the controversial program from its beginnings during the early republic to 1844, giving careful attention to the policies of Andrew Jackson's administration. He explores the array of objections to the program -- some grounded in a strict interpretation of the Constitution and others in a concern over alleged federal wantonness, corruption, and waste -- and follows the political story through the administration of James K. Polk forward to secession. Paskoff also explains the fiscal, economic, and technological aspects of the hazard problem and its solution, analyzing the federal government's fiscal condition, its capacity to undertake such an ambitious program, and the influence of conditions in the larger economy, including effects of the Mexican War, upon the federal government's finances. Paskoff's lively analysis rests on a bedrock of impressive quantitative evidence, including databases containing every documented steamboat wreck -- more than 1,200 -- on American rivers, lakes, and coastal waters; construction and engine data for more than 600 steamboat packets; and all relevant federal appropriations and expenditures measures, more than 2,300 spending projects in all. Vigorously researched and vividly told, Troubled Waters is an essential contribution to the history of internal improvements in the antebellum United States.
Lloyd S Steamboat Directory
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Author : James T. Lloyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
Lloyd S Steamboat Directory written by James T. Lloyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with Ferryboat disasters categories.
Troubled Waters
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Author : Paul F. Paskoff
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2007-12-01
Troubled Waters written by Paul F. Paskoff and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with History categories.
In Troubled Waters, Paul F. Paskoff offers a comprehensive examination of the federal government's river improvements program, which aimed to reduce hazards to navigation on the great rivers of America's interior during the early and mid-nineteenth century. Danger on the rivers came in a variety of forms. Shoals, rapids, ice, rocks, sandbars, and uprooted trees and submerged steamboat wrecks lodged in river beds were the most common perils and accounted for the largest number of steamboat disasters. This daunting array of river hazards required a similarly broad range of efforts to remove or at least ameliorate them. Against a variety of obstacles -- natural, political, and technological -- the river improvements program succeeded in reducing the rate of steamboat loss, even as steamboat traffic dramatically increased. Its success, Paskoff argues, demonstrates that the federal government was far more active than generally thought in promoting economic growth and development in the years leading up to the Civil War.The river improvements program was one of the most volatile issues in national, sectional, and state politics, touching on questions of economic development, constitutional law, partisan politics, and sectional rivalry. Paskoff examines the controversial program from its beginnings during the early republic to 1844, giving careful attention to the policies of Andrew Jackson's administration. He explores the array of objections to the program -- some grounded in a strict interpretation of the Constitution and others in a concern over alleged federal wantonness, corruption, and waste -- and follows the political story through the administration of James K. Polk forward to secession. Paskoff also explains the fiscal, economic, and technological aspects of the hazard problem and its solution, analyzing the federal government's fiscal condition, its capacity to undertake such an ambitious program, and the influence of conditions in the larger economy, including effects of the Mexican War, upon the federal government's finances.Paskoff's lively analysis rests on a bedrock of impressive quantitative evidence, including databases containing every documented steamboat wreck -- more than 1,200 -- on American rivers, lakes, and coastal waters; construction and engine data for more than 600 steamboat packets; and all relevant federal appropriations and expenditures measures, more than 2,300 spending projects in all. Vigorously researched and vividly told, Troubled Waters is an essential contribution to the history of internal improvements in the antebellum United States.
History Of Early Steamboat Navigation On The Missouri River
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Author : Hiram Martin Chittenden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
History Of Early Steamboat Navigation On The Missouri River written by Hiram Martin Chittenden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Missouri River categories.
History Of Early Steamboat Navigation On The Missouri River
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903
History Of Early Steamboat Navigation On The Missouri River written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with categories.
Steamboats On The Western Rivers
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Author : Louis C. Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-04-30
Steamboats On The Western Rivers written by Louis C. Hunter and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-30 with Transportation categories.
Richly detailed definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development — from construction, equipment, and operation to races, collisions, rise of competition, and ultimate decline of steamboat transportation.
Sweeper Snags And Steam
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Author : Ed Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Riverbend
Release Date : 2018-10
Sweeper Snags And Steam written by Ed Wolff and has been published by Riverbend this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10 with History categories.
History of the steamboat era in Montana, mid-1800s, 50+ historic photos.