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Glossary of Steamboat Terms [E-L]

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  • excursion boat
  • flanking a boat
  • firebox
  • fantail
  • flue
  • flunky
  • forecastle
  • freedman’s bureau
  • french landing
  • fuel flat
  • furnace room
  • gangplank
  • gangway
  • gold-braid trade
  • government light
  • grass line
  • grass-hoppering
  • grate bar
  • guard rail
  • guards
  • gunnels
  • gunwale
  • hail
  • hawser
  • hog chains
  • hogshead
  • houseboat
  • hurricane deck
  • jackstaff
  • john-boat
  • kedge
  • keel
  • keelboat
  • labor
  • larboard
  • lathes’ cabin
  • laying low
  • lead line
  • leadman
  • levee
  • lighter
  • line
  • loaded flat
  • lock
  • lock and dam

 

The Steamboats.org Glossary is a collection of information from the steamboats.org message board and several books.

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Glossary of Steamboat Terms

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