The Western River Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: construction Academic Article

abstract

• This paper describes the design and construction of the side-wheel steamer Heroine, a representative of the 'western river steamboat' type and the earliest example of its kind to undergo archaeological study. Heroine was built at New Albany, Indiana, in 1832 and sunk on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas in 1838. The extensive remains of the lower hull show assembly practices in use during the developmental era of Mississippi River steamboats. The wreck also reveals a heretofore-unknown technique for longitudinally strengthening these long, narrow, and very lightly built hulls. 2013 The Nautical Archaeology Society.

authors

• Crisman, Kevin

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Crisman, K. J.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Crisman, Kevin J

publication date

• March 2014

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Nautical Archaeology  Journal

keywords

• Inland Navigation
• Mississippi River
• North American River Boats
• Steamboat Construction

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/1095-9270.12044

start page

• 128

end page

• 150

volume

• 43

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12044