A Pictorial History of Wheeling and Ohio River Steamboats
$189.95 USD • Used
VERY GOOD+ Light wear on cover. Appears unread and is unmarked. vi, 370 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm. . . . . . . . . . FROM THE BACK COVER: This book is the first authoritative history writ...
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VERY GOOD+ Light wear on cover. Appears unread and is unmarked. vi, 370 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm. . . . . . . . . . FROM THE BACK COVER: This book is the first authoritative history written that documents the history of steamboats in pictures with a detailed written history of each boat. The book contains over 400 pictures of steamboats, related river scenes and over one hundred-fifty (150) river related topics of interest. Packet boats hauled people and cargo, in 1844 Wheeling had one hundred thirty-four flourmills that shipped two hundred eighty thousand barrels of flour to New Orleans annually. Wheeling nail factories shipped six-thousand kegs of nails daily by steamboat. River navigation was often halted above Wheeling in the fall. The lowest stage of water ever recorded (seven inches) at Wheeling was in October of 1908 and some winters the Ohio River would freeze over for months.
Product Info
ISBN: 0615328318
ISBN-13: 9780615328317
Publisher: John Bowman
Year: 2009
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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Country: United States
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