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a floating way to move cargo, people, and gambling debts before roads got the memo.
means shallow-draft boats built to haul freight and passengers along rivers instead of open sea.
from born on the mississippi and ohio in the early 1800s, when steam engines met flat-bottomed hulls and suddenly upstream travel stopped being a war against the current.
draft depthsome ran in under 3 feet of water
boiler explosionskilled thousands before safety codes existed
mark twainwas a licensed riverboat pilot first
gambling legacyfloating casinos dodged land based gambling laws