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Steamboats were also of great use in Africa.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Steamboats and trains brought the trappings of Victorian-era comfort.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2020

Steamboats, improved oceangoing vessels, and the telegraph radically reduced the time and cost associated with both transportation and communication.

From Time • Jun. 17, 2015

Steamboats moved down the river transporting cotton grown on plantations along the river and throughout the South to the port at New Orleans.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Steamboats were used in summer and stages in winter.

From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene)