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2. Montana (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   The Montana was a Missouri River stern-wheel steamboat, one of three "mega-steamboats" (along with its sister boats the Wyoming and the Dakota) built in 1879 at the end of the steamboat era on the Missouri—when steamboats were soon to be supplanted by the nation's expanding railroad network. [1]

3. List of extant paddle steamers - Wikipedia

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   A few paddle steamers serve niche tourism needs as cruise boats on lakes [a] and others, such as Delta Queen, still operate on the Mississippi River. In Oregon , several replica paddle steamers , which are non-steam-powered sternwheelers built in the 1980s and later, are operated for tourism purposes on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers .

4. Missouri River 340 - Wikipedia

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   The Missouri River 340, or MR340, is a 340 mile kayak and canoe race from Kansas City, Kansas to St. Charles, Missouri that follows the Missouri River.It is the longest continuous canoe and kayak marathon in North America besides the Yukon 1000, [1] and possibly the world.

5. Ticonderoga (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   The ship's crew numbered twenty-eight, including the captain, pilots, mate, deckhands, engineers, and firemen to operate the boat. The purser, stewardess, freight clerk, bartender, hall boys, cook, waiters, scullion, and mess boys attended to passengers and freight arrangements. Initially, Ticonderoga served a north-south route on Lake Champlain.

6. Paddle steamer - Wikipedia

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   A typical river paddle steamer from the 1850s. Fall Line's steamer Providence, launched 1866 Finlandia Queen, a paddle-wheel ship from 1990s in Tampere, Finland [1]. A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.

7. Goldenrod (showboat) - Wikipedia

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   Goldenrod Showboat Sign. Goldenrod was built in 1909 by Pope Dock Company of Parkersburg, West Virginia for W.R. Markle at a cost $75,000. At 200 feet (61 m) long and 45 feet (14 m) wide, she had an auditorium 162 feet (49 m) long with twenty-one red velour upholstered boxes and a seating capacity of 1,400.

8. List of steamboats on the Yukon River - Wikipedia

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   St. Michael: U.S.A. #115674 1879 San Francisco, California 28 49 feet Originally owned by Western Fur & Trading Co. WF&T Co. sold out to the Alaska Commercial Co. in 1883. Boat sold to the Catholic Church (Holy Cross Mission) in 1884. Resold to Elbridge T. "E.T." Barnette, et al. in 1897. Resold to Capt. W. H. Geiger in 1898.

9. Steamboat - Wikipedia

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   Walking the boat was a way of lifting the bow of a steamboat like on crutches, getting up and down a sandbank with poles, blocks, and strong rigging, and using paddlewheels to lift and move the ship through successive steps, on the helm. Moving of a boat from a sandbar by its own action was known as "walking the boat" and "grass-hoppering".