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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.
Steamboats And Ferries On The White River A Hertage Revisited P
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language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 1998
Steamboats And Ferries On The White River A Hertage Revisited P written by and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with River steamers categories.
Steamboats On Northwest Rivers
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language : en
Publisher: Caxton Press
Release Date : 2004
Steamboats On Northwest Rivers written by and has been published by Caxton Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Inland water transportation categories.
To pilot their craft completely by hand along the settlements, taking goods to market and bringing a little civilization back, becoming legendary among the pioneer river-dwellers. Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Steamboats On Louisiana S Bayous
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Author : Carl A. Brasseaux
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2004-11-01
Steamboats On Louisiana S Bayous written by Carl A. Brasseaux and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with History categories.
In an extraordinary feat of research and intrepid historical navigation, Carl A. Brasseaux and Keith P. Fontenot serve as guides through the labyrinthian and often harrowing world of Louisiana bayou steamboat journeys of the mid to late nineteenth century. The bayou country's steamboat saga mirrors in microcosm the tale of America's most colorful -- and most highly romanticized -- transportation era. But Brasseaux and Fontenot brace readers with a boldly revisionist picture of the opulent Mississippi River floating palaces: stripped-down, utilitarian freight-haulers belching smoke from twin stacks, churning through shallow swamps and narrow tributary streams, and encountering such hazards as shoals, sawyers, stumps, highwater and dry-bed seasons, and the remains of vessels claimed by those treacheries. For decades, steamboats transported goods, passengers, and mail between New Orleans and south Louisiana's vibrant interior agricultural region, bearing testimony to the resourcefulness, ingenuity, and tenacity of crews in conquering the challenges posed by a forbidding environment. Brasseaux and Fontenot marshaled a monumental array of information, including sources long-buried in courthouses, private collections, and the records of the Army Corps of Engineers. They offer data on some five hundred steamboats, keelboats, and barges known to have operated in the bayou country. This book is the first major study of a fascinating slice of the steamboat industry, showcasing a trade critically important to New Orleans's prosperity but largely forgotten in southern historiography until now. Encompassing economic, social, transportation, and environmental history, it captures the period just before the iron horse emerged as America's undisputed master of inland conveyance.
Steamboats On The Hudson River
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Author : William H. Ewen
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2011
Steamboats On The Hudson River written by William H. Ewen and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The Hudson River was the cradle of American steamboating. While many people think of steamboats on inland rivers like the Mississippi, the type of steamboat that evolved on the Hudson was far more typical of those that operated throughout North America. From Robert Fulton's steamboat through the last steamer on the river almost 170 years later, these boats were an integral part of the life and commerce of the Hudson River valley. Whether it was a huge 400-foot side-wheeler, a small freight boat, excursion boats, or a ferry crossing, almost every river community was served by a steamboat.
Steamboats On Long Island Sound
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Author : Norman J. Brouwer
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014
Steamboats On Long Island Sound written by Norman J. Brouwer and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Robert Fulton built the world's first commercially successful steamboat in 1807, but it was not until after the War of 1812 that these vessels entered service along the Long Island Sound. For 127 years, between 1815 and 1942, steamboats provided a link between New York and cities in southern New England, greatly reducing travel time. Steamboats served the Connecticut cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Derby, New Haven, Hartford, New London, Norwich, and Stonington. They also linked New York to the Rhode Island cities of Newport, Bristol, and Providence as well as the southern Massachusetts cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The rapid expansion of industries in southern New England gave steamboats the additionally important role of transporting raw materials to mills and factories and their finished products to New York. Rivalries between steamboat services led to the construction of faster, larger, and more elegantly furnished boats, resulting in the "floating palaces" that were some of the largest and most majestic steamboats the world had ever seen.
Steamboats On The Lakes
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Author : Maurice D. Smith
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2005-10-25
Steamboats On The Lakes written by Maurice D. Smith and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-25 with History categories.
Filled with rich illustrations, discover how steamships shaped the people and places of 19th century Ontario In the nineteenth century, steamships ruled the Great Lakes and rivers of Upper Canada (now Ontario). Powered by ever-evolving engines that helped them defy the forces of wind and waves governing the progress of a sailing ship, steamships sped up not only the transportation of passengers and goods throughout the province but its very settlement and growth. In Steamboats on the Lakes, marine historian Maurice D. Smith brings together technological and social history. From the story of the building of the first Ontario steamship in 1816, the Frontenac, and its successors that carried vital supplies into and rich resources out of growing communities, to the fire on board the passenger ship Noronic in 1949 -- an event that marked the beginning of the end for the steamboat era -- and the preservation of the Segwun, Smith shows us the range and colour of these magnificent vessels' history. With a rich collection of paintings, photographs, and other illustrations from museums and archives across Ontario, Steamboats on the Lakes tells the unique story of the boats, the dangerous waters they plied, and the daring entrepreneurs and hardy sailors who navigated the many rough and glorious passages of the steamships' heyday.
Steamboats Cotton Economy
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Author : Harry P. Owens
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 1990
Steamboats Cotton Economy written by Harry P. Owens and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cotton trade categories.
Exploding Steamboats Senate Debates And Technical Reports
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Author : R. John Brockmann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-04
Exploding Steamboats Senate Debates And Technical Reports written by R. John Brockmann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with Psychology categories.
By 1838, over two thousand Americans had been killed and many hundreds injured by exploding steam engines on steamboats. After calls for a solution in two State of the Union addresses, a Senate Select Committee met to consider an investigative report from the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, the first federally funded investigation into a technical.
Pacific Steamboats
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Author : Gordon R. Newell
language : en
Publisher: Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
Release Date : 1958
Pacific Steamboats written by Gordon R. Newell and has been published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Ship-building Pacific coast categories.
A pictorial account of sidewheelers and motor ferries.