CHAP. XIV.
AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
STEAM NAVIGATION FIRST ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA.—CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO IT.—FITCH AND RUMSEY.—STEVENS OF HOBOKEN.—LIVINGSTONE AND FULTON.—EXPERIMENTS ON THE SEINE.—FULTON'S FIRST BOAT.—THE HUDSON NAVIGATED BY STEAM.—EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF RIVER NAVIGATION.—SPEED OF AMERICAN STEAMERS.—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND EUROPEAN STEAMERS.—SEA-GOING AMERICAN STEAMERS.—AMERICAN PADDLE-WHEELS.—LAKE STEAMERS.—THE MISSISIPPI AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.—STEAMERS NAVIGATING IT.—THEIR STRUCTURE AND MACHINERY.—NEW ORLEANS HARBOUR.—STEAM TUGS.
