steamboat
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The classic cartoon stars the beloved mascot as the whistling, rascally pilot of a steamboat floating down a river.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 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
The steakhouse has been built on a paddle steamboat.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022
Previously, travelers had to take a canoe, steamboat, sailboat or train.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022
And then finally somebody shouted and we all looked to see the steamboat towing the pontoon boat up the river.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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