Books

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Comprised of 5 books focusing on the subject of steamboats.

1) Steamboats on the Muskingum

by Jay Mack Gamble

Although the Muskingum is a short river, its waters carried several hundred steamboats to all parts of the Western Rivers system. This book preserves their histories, with an all-time boat list, maps of the river and a comprehensive index.

300pp, 6 x 9, 160 illus., Hard cover, Bibl., Index, reprinted 2004

ISBN 0-913423-03-3

2) Paddle Wheel Inboard

by C. Bradford Mitchell

This reprint is an account of Central Florida steamboating that first appeared in The American Neptune in 1947. A foreword adds new information discovered since then. It is the story of the Hart Line and navigation on the Ocklawaha River and connecting waterways from before the Civil War to 1920.

66pp, 81/2 x 11, 35 illus., soft cover

1983ISBN 0-913423-06-8

3) Steamboats for Rondout

by Donald C. Ringwald

The Hudson River village of Rondout developed as a result of the marketing of coal via
the D. & H. Canal and the steamboat lines that connected the village with New York.
This book details operational schedules, measurements and engine data for all passenger steamboats known to have been employed on the Rondout-New York route from 1829 through 1863, interspersed with tales of the river.

145pp, 81/2 x 11, illus., bib., hard cover, 1981

ISBN 0-913423-00-9

4) The Development of Steam Navigation on Long Island Sound

by J. Howland Gardner

The Society has reprinted this 40-page article from The Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The article offers an excellent capsule history of the overnight steamers of Long Island Sound.

40pp, 81/2 x 11, 40 illus., soft cover, 1994

5) Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels 1809-1930

This extensive reference work lists rig, official number, dimensions, building date and
disposition of all known Canadian-registered coastal and inland steam vessels over 75 feet in length from 1809 to 1930. This valuable information is impossible to find elsewhere. Over 3,100 vessels shown. Includes 2 supplements.

xii + 135pp, 101/2 x 81/2, hard cover, 1979

ISBN 0-913423-01-7

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