Steamboats On The Western Rivers

an economic and technological history

Courier Dover Publications (Jan 07, 1994)

9780486278636

724 pages | 5.4 x 8.5 inch | USA | English

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Dewey 386/.3/0978

LC Classification HE627 .H8 1993

LC Control No. 93031494

Subject

Inland Water Transportation
Inland Water Transportation - West (U.S.)
Inland Water Transportation/ West (U.S.)
River Steamers - United States
River Steamers/ United States
Steamboats - History

Plot

Definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development: its construction, equipment and operation; the organization and conduct of steamboat transportation as a business enterprise; the hazards and amenities of shipboard life; steamboat races on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; collisions, explosions and fires; the rise of competition; the ultimate decline, and much more.

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