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