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Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters, containting the history of the first application of steam, as a motive power; the lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton. History of the early steamboat navigation on western waters. Full accounts of all the steamboat disaster. A complete list of steamboats and all other vessels now afloat on the western rivers and lakes, maps of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Lists of plantations on the Mississippi river. One hundred engravings and forty six maps. By James T. Lloyd

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Author

Lloyd, James T

Subject

Fitch, John 1743-1798
Fulton, Robert 1765-1815

Date

1856

Call number

F353.L79X

Type

Books

Physical description

vi, 7-326 p. illus. (incl. ports., maps, facsim.) 24 cm

Place

Mississippi River Valley
United States
Mississippi River
Ohio River

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Steamboat disasters
Steam-navigation
Railroads--History
Description and travel

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_sil_204490
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