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蒸汽船羅徹斯特號 (Rochester) 的啟程派對 (看看那些蒸氣機有多大呀！)
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約翰‧費區 (John
Fitch) 發明蒸汽船而在1791年8月26日得到美國專利
在1814年到1834年之間，到達紐奧良的蒸汽船班次從一年20班次增加到1200班次。船上載運著乘客與各式各樣的貨物：棉布、糖、動物，後來還有農作物與工業用品等等。到了20世紀時，蒸汽推進的技術越來越進步，你甚至可以搭著大型蒸汽船橫渡海洋了。當蒸汽的技術運用到鐵路上之後，鐵道也開始繁榮起來。到了1870年代，鐵路公司已經取代蒸汽船，成為貨物與乘客在美國內部的主要交通工具。一直到今天，你還是可以搭乘蒸汽船來一趟觀光之旅。靠蒸汽推動的輪船在密西西比州更是大受歡迎。
Between 1814 and 1834, New Orleans steamboat arrivals increased from 20 to 1,200 a year. Boats carried passengers and all kinds of cargo: cotton, sugar, animals, and later agricultural and industrial supplies. Into the 20th century, steam propulsion became so advanced that you could ride a giant steamer across the ocean. When railroads adopted the technology of steam, they too began to flourish. By the 1870s, they had replaced the steamboats as the major transporter of goods and passengers within the United States. You can still ride a tourist steamboat today. Steam-driven paddleboats are especially popular on the Mississippi.
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