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A steamboat is a riverboat with a steam powered engine that could travel up or down stream.
Travel upstream
Robert Fulton revolutionized steamboat travel
The engines could build up too much pressure and explode!
Steamboats typically traveled at around 5-10 miles per hour, but some could reach speeds of up to 15-20 miles per hour in optimal conditions.
A riverboat with a steam powered engine that could travel either upstream or downstream was called a steam boat.
the steamboat allowed people to travel up rivers, so trade didnt have to go down the mississippi. you could head upstream, and bring goods to other states.
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River transport before the steamboat was extremely slow. Often times on canals of in rivers, barges of goods were pulled by oxen on land. The steamboat increased water transportation immensely. Cargo and people could navigate waterways and sea coasts, where as in the past this was tedious compared to steamboat power.
River transport before the steamboat was extremely slow. Often times on canals of in rivers, barges of goods were pulled by oxen on land. The steamboat increased water transportation immensely. Cargo and people could navigate waterways and sea coasts, where as in the past this was tedious compared to steamboat power.
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