Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters (1856)
Lloyd, James T. [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, Ohio, J. T. Lloyd & co.; Chicago, Ill., D. B. Cooke & co. · leaf 47
hez, untilthe fourteenth day of July, 1814, when she was wrecked near BatonRouge, on her upward-bound passage, by striking a snag. 42 COMMENCEMENT OF STEAM NAVIGATION The first appearance of this vessel on the Ohio river produced, asthe reader may suppose, not a little excitement and admiration.… … FIRST BOAT BUILT ON THE WESTERN WATERS, 1812. astonishment at the puffing and smoking phenomenon. The averagespeed of this boat was only about three miles per hour. Before herability to move through the water without the assistance of sails or oarshad been fully exemplified, comparatively few…
