steamboat

(noun)

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

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Examples of steamboat in the following topics:

  • American Technology

    • Evans went on to develop a powerful high pressure steam engine for use in steamboats and locomotives.
    • In 1807, Robert Fulton built the first commercial steamboat, which operated between New York City and Albany.
    • With the proliferation of new canal routes in the 1820s and 1830s, steamboat technology was crucial to domestic freight shipments in the United States.

  • Moving West

    • The steamboat, first used on the Ohio River in 1811, made possible inexpensive travel using the river systems.
    • For example, the Army's steamboat "Western Engineer" of 1819 combined a very shallow draft with one of the earliest stern wheels.

  • A Market Society

    • Construction of the Erie Canal connected western agricultural markets to the manufacturing centers of the Northeast, and the development of steamboats and railroads allowed for much greater mobility between markets.

  • Movement South and Westward

    • The steamboat made river traffic faster and cheaper, but development of railroads had an even greater effect, opening up vast stretches of new territory for development.

  • Cinema

    • Disney’s marquee character, Mickey Mouse, made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928, at the Colony Theater in New York City.
    • In 1928 Walt Disney gave the world "Steamboat Willie," aka Mickey Mouse, followed by numerous other cartoon characters who have become instantly recognizable.

  • The Industrial Revolution

    • In 1807, Robert Fulton built the first commercial steamboat, which operated between New York City and Albany.
    • With the proliferation of new canal routes in the 1820s and 1830s, steamboat technology was crucial to domestic freight shipments in the United States.

  • The Rise of the West

    • Steamboat technology and the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 gave these farmers access to eastern markets.

  • The Rise of the Republican Party

    • To that end, Republicans supported various railroad- and steamboat-building projects, approved the construction of new canals and roads, wrote legislation for higher tariffs as entrepreneurial incentives for financiers and industrialists, and passed homestead acts that enabled thousands of families to move west to establish productive farms and form larger communities.

  • Early U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

    • They petitioned other states and territorial legislatures for similar monopolies, hoping to develop a national network of steamboat lines.
    • The partnership collapsed in 1818 when Gibbons operated another steamboat on Ogden's route between Elizabeth, NJ and New York City, licensed by Congress under a 1793 law regulating coasting trade.

  • The Western Frontier

    • The steamboat, first used on the Ohio River in 1811, made inexpensive travel using the river systems possible.
    • For example, the Army's steamboat, the Western Engineer, of 1819 combined a very shallow draft with one of the earliest stern wheels.