Good links to steamboats on the net. Dutch, German and English language. Tall Stacks . Tall Stacks is a celebration of the Steamboating Era. Every four years, riverboats from around the country steam into the Port of Cincinnati for a five day festival.
Site includes steamboat history, etc.
An essay about steam powered paddlewheel riverboats in early Central California. The steamboats were of the same design as the big paddle wheelers that ran on the Mississippi, just smaller. Ours were about 90 to 120 feet long and carried frieght and passengers along the San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced Rivers. 1940s photo of steamboats on the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh. Historic photos Two photos of historic Mississippi riverboats.