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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.
A steamboat was useful because it was a powered boat. unlike canoes or other man powered boats, a steamboat can go against the current and allow easier exploration upstream.
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A steamboat is a riverboat with a steam powered engine that could travel up or down stream.
500 (average)
Almost never.Typical steamboat top speed was about 15 mph,and even the slowest trains could beat that.
Mark Twain could not continue as a riverboat navigator because of the Civil War.
American and European inventors had created the steamboat in the late 1700s, but they were not widely used until the early 1800s. In 1803, Robert Fulton, an American, tested his first steamboat design in France. A few years later, he tested the first full-sized commercial steamboat, the Clermont, in the U.S. On August 9, 1807, the Clermont traveled against the current up the Hudson River. After that, demand for steamboat ferry service rose. The steamboat was well suited for river travel because it could move upriver and did not depend on wind power. They increased trade because goods could be moved quickly. By 1840, more than 500 steamboats were being used in the U.S., and by the 1850s, they were also being used to carry people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean.
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