Lloyd’s Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters

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James T. Lloyd’s Steamboat Directory and Disaster on the Western Waters used to be the first general reference to be had when it comes to American riverboats. Published in 1856, few histories on steamboating were as deep and as broad as Lloyd’s book. By his own admission, Lloyd’s work used to be the first to detail the “full accounts of all of the steamboat disasters because the first application of steam down to the present date.”

This edition reproduces Lloyd’s book in its entirety and incorporates a new introduction with a purpose to provide newly interested readers of steamboat history with a general overview of steamboating on the western waters throughout Lloyd’s time. The new introduction includes background information on the structure of western steamboats, steamboat team of workers, steamboat passengers, and the nature and causes of steamboat disasters.

Long out of print, Lloyd’s directory will be a valuable reference guide for steamboat enthusiasts, students of American history, librarians, archivists, local historians, and those interested in inland waterway shuttle and transportation history.

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