The Invention of the Western Steamboat

Louis C. Hunter

The Journal of Economic History, 1943, vol. 3, issue 2, 201-220

Abstract: The steamboat was the first great American contribution to modern technology. First developed to the point of practical commercial success in this country, the steamboat was quickly incorporated into the economic structure of the nation and within a few years became the principal vehicle of transportation on the main channels of inland commerce. Eventually the influence of the American steamboat was felt all over the globe, and there were few great river systems that in time did not feel the beat of the paddlewheels by which it was propelled.

Date: 1943
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