page_title: Flatboat
hierarchical_section_title: Flatboat
caption_attribution_description: Flatboat (foreground) and Keelboat around Pittsburgh, late 18th century
context_page_description: A flatboat is a rectangular flat-bottomed boat with square ends used to transport freight and passengers on inland waterways. The flatboat could be any size, but essentially it is large, sturdy tub with a hull.
  A flatboat is almost always a one-way vessel, and is usually dismantled for lumber when it reaches its downstream destination.
context_section_description: A flatboat is a rectangular flat-bottomed boat with  square ends used to transport freight and passengers on inland waterways. The flatboat could be any size, but essentially it is large, sturdy tub with a hull.
  A flatboat is almost always a one-way vessel, and is usually dismantled for lumber when it reaches its downstream destination.
caption: A flatboat passing a long cigar-shaped keelboat on the Ohio River.
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