Websites about Steamboat History

everything related to paddlewheel steamboat history

• Dave Dawley's Homepage
  list with information about hundreds of steamboats and their captains
• Steamboating onthe Mississippi with Robert Zang
  an interview with a long-time river pilot from the Bittersweet magazine, Lebanon, Missouri.
• Steamboats in California
  History of the steamboats in California, Sacramento River.
• Steamboats on the Chesapeake Bay
  Information about steamboats on the Chesapeake Bay during the steamboat era (1816-1959). Videos including one on the operation of a walking beam steam engine as well as oral history interviews with folks that lived during the latter part of the steamboat era.
• U.S. Coast Guard - The Steamboat Inspection Servic
  History of the Steamboat Inspection Service and the history of Merchant Vessel Inspection by the U.S. Coast Guard.