Steamboats of the Mississippi
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Steamboats of the Mississippi
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Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, allowing practical large-scale transport of passengers and freight both up- and down-river. Using steam power, riverboats were developed during that time which could navigate in shallow waters as well as upriver against strong currents. After the development of railroads, passenger traffic gradually switched to this faster form of transportation, but steamboats continued to serve Mississi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Mississippi
date created:
2008-07-26T21:29:44Z
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2024-09-05T11:24:30Z
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