Don Wildman
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American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
And down below, you got those guys shoveling the coal.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
Well, this is the days before that.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
I mean, are they powering these things with coal?
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
I mean, you're talking about a very shallow draft.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
No, you're on the deck.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
And these boilers, I mean, this happened everywhere.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
These boilers were very hazardous.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
I mean, they could explode and did on a frequent basis.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
Charles Dickens made a famous tour around America.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
He expressed his disdain for steamships because of their tendency to blow up.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
American steamboats usually blow up one or two a week in the season.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
Is that a fair assessment?
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
There's one particular incident.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
I mean, there's many you could talk about.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
Even in New York Harbor, there's some famous ones as well.
American History Hit
Life on Mississippi Steamboat
exploded on the 25th of April, 1838.