they were primarily used for transportation (for supplies, goods, cargo, people, animals, etc.) and for trade among rivers and canals.
Creole.
you ate food
Canals and Steamboats
15 to 20 mph
steamboats
Steamboats
Steamboats
Steamboats are used to carry good and large products
transportation
Telegraph, railways, steamboats, phonograph recordings, ...
Steamboats are now casinos and used for tours up the Mississippi River. I was on one a few years ago that was used for banquets and parties.
The steamboat was the main transportation on the river. Even today there are steamboats on the river.