Way's packet directory, 1848–1994: passenger steamboats of the mississippi river system since the advent of photography in mid-continent america
Auteur :
Way Jr., Frederick
Éditeur :
Ohio University Press
ISBN :
9780821411063
Date de publication :
15 févr. 1995
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The first Mississippi steamboat was a packet, the New Orleans, a sidewheeler built at Pittsburgh in 1811, designed for the New Orleans-Natchez trade. This book includes a majority of combination passenger and freight steamers, and includes in a sense all types of passenger carriers propelled by steam that plied the waters of Mississippi System.