steamboat
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A grand jury in 2020 initially indicted Boylan on 34 counts of a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as “seaman’s manslaughter” that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
The famous Delta Queen steamboat that now plies the Mississippi was built in Stockton to move passengers and freight in California.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023
Four years after completing her studies, Flora married Edwin Patterson of Ripley, Ohio, and they settled in nearby Cincinnati where he was a steamboat pilot.
From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2023
The steakhouse has been built on a paddle steamboat.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022
The ferry sauropod navigated between huge armored warships and around a steamboat before docking alongside an ancient wooden frigate with cannons poking out of either side.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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