Steamboat History - Text Archives

archives of publications and texts about paddlewheel steamboats

• General Slocum Disaster / New York History
  The story of the General Slocum Disaster in 1904 where over 1.000 people lost their lives on New York's East River.
• General Slocum Disaster by Edward T. O'Donne
  More than 1.000 people died in the General Slocum disaster on New York City's East River in 1904. Author Edward T. O'Donnell (Ship Ablaze) is telling the story of this disaster on his website.
• Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library
  Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO.
• Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  Murphy Library at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI. Including the largest steamboat photo archive.
• Nicholas Roosevelt's 1811 steamboat New Orleans
  Collection of texts and excerpts of old newspapers covering the journey of the first steamboat on the Western Rivers.
• North Carolina Business Hall of Fame
  North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, Lists of Merchant Steamboats in NC pre - 1860 and 1861 - 1900.
• Sandy Boats
  Sandy Boats, Steam Navigation on the Levisa Fork by Russell Lee Whitlock.
• St. Louis Mercantile Library
  St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO.
• Steam Engine Library
  The Steam Engine Library of the University of Rochester is offering a lot of steam power related texts.
• Steamboat Trip by Charles Dickens
  In January 1842 writer Charles Dickens traveled to America using the steamer MESSENGER from Pittsburgh to Cinicinnati.
• The Olden Times - Old River & Steamboat news
  historic newspaper articles about the rivers and steamboats