steamboat
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The steamboat reversed this flow, reshaping the antebellum economy decades before the railroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The charge is a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Four years after completing her studies, Flora married Edwin Patterson of Ripley, Ohio, and they settled in nearby Cincinnati where he was a steamboat pilot.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
Seaman’s manslaughter was enshrined after steamboat disasters killed hundreds of people in fires and boiler explosions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
They’re going to tow it behind a steamboat.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
As America expanded by building canals, steamboats and early railroads, demand soared for wage labor in factories, transportation and among office workers like clerks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
But oh, for the days of steamboats, yearn childhood pals Steve Barker and Jack Russell.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Bucky would tell you that the hotel was built in 1847 and guests originally traveled by steamboats to enjoy their holiday by the bay.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
The lake, which was once navigated by steamboats, had evaporated into dusty salt flats after the aqueduct was completed in 1913.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
A fish market was coming to life along the avenue, and the shouts of merchants mixed with the caws of seagulls and rumble of steamboats coming in to port.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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