steamboat
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35|Lookout, transport steamer on the Tennessee River, 1860–1865 thumb|upright=1.35|Dutch river steam-tugboat Mascotte II A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship.
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A steamboat is a boat powered by steam engines that turn propellers or paddlewheels, typically used on rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. Steamboats were significant because their development led to the creation of larger steamships that could travel across oceans.
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42 sectionsContents
- Background
- Limitations of the Newcomen steam engine
- Rotary motion engines
- High-pressure steam engines
- Compound or multiple expansion steam engines
- Steam turbines
- History
- Early designs
- 19th century
- Sea- and Ocean-going
- Use by country
- United States
- Origins
- Types of ships
- West Coast
- Civil War
- Mississippi and Missouri river traffic
- Steamboats in rivers on the west side of the Mississippi River
- Walking the steamboat over sandbars or away from reefs
- Double-tripping
- Piston Rings, Steel replaced cotton seals, 1854
- Allen Steam Engine at 3 to 5 times higher speeds, 1862
- Boilers, Water Tubes, Not Explosive, 1867
- Triple Expansion Steam Engine, 1881
- Steam Turbine, 1884
- 20th century
- Canada
- Great Britain
- Europe
- New Zealand
- Vietnam
- Images
- See also
- Footnotes
- External references
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
- Commercial operations
- Museums and museum boats
- Historical image collections
- Associations, information and other links
thumb|upright=1.35|Lookout, transport steamer on the Tennessee River, 1860–1865 thumb|upright=1.35|Dutch river steam-tugboat Mascotte II A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship.
Steamboats sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships.