In those early days she consistently outpaced her rivals including giant steamboats. |
After the Supreme Court decision, new companies immediately began to operate more up-to-date steamboats on the Hudson. |
About fifty steamboats are in commission on the Magdalena and its tributary, the Cauca. |
I went down by the Nieuwe Haven among old steamboats, and walked along ranks of tall houses built for wool merchants and wine shippers. |
Brown testified to helping slaves obtain free papers and then either booking them on steamboats or helping them obtain work on the river. |
Like most contemporary Hudson River steamboats, the Albany was designed to transport passengers and light freight. |