steamboat

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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

Previously, travelers had to take a canoe, steamboat, sailboat or train.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Another law did the same for steamboat passengers.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2022

Seaman’s manslaughter was enshrined after steamboat disasters killed hundreds of people in fires and boiler explosions.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 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