Steamboats mainly traveled the Mississippi, Alabama, Apalachicola, Flint and, Chattahoochee. They carried passengers, cotton bales, cows, pigs, horses plows, seeds. In the 1830's they navigated the Missouri River to the mouth of the Yellowstone to early mining towns. Steamboats on the Mississippi carried lead from lead mines. Lead was very important export and between 1823-1848 365 boats made 7645 trips moving 5 million tons of lead. On November 19, 1840 newspapers reported 100 flatboats passed going downstream loaded with produce. During the civil war they carried Iowa soldiers, weapons, and food supplies to army posts.
People used boats and ships more often in those days.By building canals in the West, people would be more likely to go there if they weren't built.
=They are ferry boats that carried cars and people back and forth.=
Close to a thousand during WWII.
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they would use trains and steam boats
Transportaion was a big one, such as railroads and steam boats.
People used boats and ships more often in those days.By building canals in the West, people would be more likely to go there if they weren't built.
There were 11,000 ships and boats taking part in the landings. Most of the bigger ships had to anchor a mile or two off the French coast. Many of these ships carried 24-36 'Higgins boats' in their lifeboat davits. These "Higgins boats" each carried a platoon (about 32 men ) ashore. Larger LST's carried 4-6 tanks and trucks as well as about 100 soldiers.
the black death was carried by fleas that were on rats and the rats were on boats and they were carried over
=They are ferry boats that carried cars and people back and forth.=
New technologies were developed as a result of the westward expansion. Cotton gin of Eli Whitney increased the production of cotton. Steam boats and locomotives were developed during the period. A major aspect of the westward expansion was the removal of Indians under the President Andrew Jackson. The development of canals and railroads led to the growth of great cities. After the Midwest, the attention was turned towards the far west. Texas became independent as a result of Texas Rebellion and there after started the US Mexican war. US won the war and gained Texas, New Mexico, and California. Oregon territory was later annexed in 1846. US controlled all the land upto the Pacific Ocean.
the disease was carried by rats who were on the ship
a small craft carried on a ship to provide a means of emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard the ship
he Allies had over 11,000 boats and ships at D-Day. They ranged from huge transports carrying thousands of soldiers to Higgins boats that each carried a platoon into the beaches.
The military does not mount 8 guage shotguns on boats. Sometimes shotguns are CARRIED aboard boats, but those are 12 gauge. Afraid you have been given some bad information.
German submarines were referred to as U-boats during the world wars.
The Germans manufactured the u-boats.