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The SS Helen McGregor was an American steamboat. Her boilers exploded on February 24, 1830, in Memphis, Tennessee. [1] The reported death toll ranged from 30 [2] or 40 [1] to 60. [3] She had been docked at a wharf to pick up and discharge passengers; several of those killed were on the dock. [2]
Steamboat engines were routinely pushed well beyond their design limits, tended by engineers who often lacked a full understanding of the engine's operating principles. With a complete absence of regulatory oversight, most steamboats were not adequately maintained or inspected, leading to more frequent catastrophic failures.
She is the oldest steamboat wreck on the Great Lakes 41°31.00′N 82°23.00′W / 41.51667°N 82.38333°W / 41.51667; -82.38333 ( PS Anthony Atlantic
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship.
A steamboat built in 1859, that burned near the mouth of the Poplar River in the Missouri River. James D. Rankin: 1877 A steamboat that wrecked on the Yellowstone River. Oakes: 1892 A steamboat that sank in the North Fork of the Flathead River. [34] Red Cloud: 11 July 1882 A steamboat that sunk near the Red Cloud Bend of the Missouri River ...
Sabino (pronounced Sah-BYE-No) is a small wooden, coal-fired steamboat built in 1908 and located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. It is one of only two surviving members of the American mosquito fleet, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992. [2] [3] It is America's oldest regularly operating coal-powered ...
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One week after his death, on January 10, 1913, his former steamboat was destroyed in a boiler explosion while about four miles (6.5 km) away from Bladon Springs, at Powes Landing [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Twenty-six people were killed and twenty-one injured in the disaster.