Steamboats on the Western Rivers : An Economic and Technological History (Dover Books on Transportation, Maritime)
Steamboats on the Western Rivers : An Economic and Technological History (Dover Books on Transportation, Maritime)
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Book Description
Richly detailed, 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 of steamboat transportation, and much more. Includes many contemporary accounts of steamboat travel.
Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History (Dover Books on Transportation, Maritime),Louis C. Hunter,Dover Publications,0486278638,Essays & Travelogues,Inland water transportation,River steamers,Ships & Shipbuilding - History,Transportation,Travel,United States,West (U.S.),Shipbuilding technology & engineering,Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History,Travel & holiday guides,Travel writing
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