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On which two rivers did steamboats travel while going from Pittsburgh PA to New Orleans LA?
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Why couldn't steamboats travel the Appalachian mountains?
no navigable rivers crossed the mountains
What were the benefits of steamboat travel?
the benefits are that before steamboats, a long distance up these rivers were impossible.
How did the steamboat help society?
Steamboats originated in and were built in the north. The most immediate effect was that waterways became newly envisioned "highways". Steamboats meant people and goods could be shipped by land to Pittsburgh, PA. Steamboats were being built at Fayette County in SW PA below Pittsburgh. Once people and goods reached Pittsburgh, steamboats traveled down The Ohio River going across Ohio, and eventually reach the Mississippi River. From there, they could go north to reach the Great Lakes or south to the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to steamboats, men depended on their muscles; sometimes it took days just to get back up stream because they were going against the current. They used rope and manpower to pull ferry rafts across rivers. Steamboats were able to travel both ways on a river, making it easy to transport goods and also more efficiently, and much easier. They are also important because they could transport people across water. There are barely any steamboats left, and the ones that are left are now used for tourist trips, such as at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers.
What was on effect of the steamboat?
Steamboats carried people and goods farther and faster.
Does steamboats travel to Oklahoma?
no
What advantages did steam boat travel have over wagon and hove travel?
The advantages of steamboats over horse traveling was that steamboats were much faster and cheaper.
How did steamboats improve water travel?
made it a faster way to travel
Did steamboats travel at night?
Not often, especially on smaller rivers where trees shadowed the water, until after efficient electric reflector lights became common in the very late 1800s.
What made river travel more reliable and upstream travel easier?
steamboats
What kinds of people travel on these steamboats?
only business men
What was travel like from 1900-1919?
Many people still used bicycles, horses and horse drawn vehicles. Cars and airplanes were new and not used for great commercial value. Travel on railways was common, steamboats on major rivers was used and for ocean travel, there were passenger ships.
How did steamboats change travel?
it made trade easier and it was faster transportation
