Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History
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- Synopsis
- Definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development: its construction, equipment and operation; the organization and conduct of steamboat transportation as a business enterprise; the hazards and amenities of shipboard life; steamboat races on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; collisions, explosions and fires; the rise of competition; the ultimate decline, and much more.
- Copyright:
- 1949
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780486157788
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780486278636
- Publisher:
- Dover Publications
- Date of Addition:
- 02/12/18
- Copyrighted By:
- the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.