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Dear Jeff Johnson,
A classic study in this field is Louis C. Hunter: Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1949.
Best wishes
Felix Schürmann
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Greetings:
I'm seeking information on small steamships in the mid-19th century to help me make sense of my sources who refer to the difficulty encountered with one at a crucial scene in my work.
Specifically this is a small river steamer something like 35 feet long brought to Alaska in 1865 from, apparently, New York. The sources refer to a type of engine newly patented.
I hadn't intended for the boat to figure so prominently in the story, but you just never know about these things. So I'd appreciate any insight or source suggestions.
thanks
Jeff Johnson
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