Kentucky River Packets
The Kentucky River is formed in eastern Kentucky at Beattyville, where the North, Middle and South Forks join together. The river then flows 260 miles to the Ohio River at Carrolton. The river drains much of the central region of the state. With the appearance of the early steamboats on the Kentucky River in the 1820s, the river became the primary artery for economic growth with trade with the lower south. This dominance lasted until the Civil War when the railroads surpassed the packetboats with freight traffic. After the war, river traffic shifted to towboats pushing barges of bulk commodities. However, steam packetboats, and later gasboa…
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Weitere Autoren: Ambrose, William M.
- ISBN: 978-0-359-05190-8
- EAN: 9780359051908
- Produktnummer: 34734715
- Verlag: Lulu.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 238 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 372 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 372
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