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蒸汽船罗彻斯特号 (Rochester) 的启程派对 (看看那些蒸气机有多大呀！)
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约翰．费区 (John
Fitch) 发明蒸汽船而在1791年8月26日得到美国专利
在1814年到1834年之间，到达纽奥良的蒸汽船班次从一年20班次增加到1200班次。船上载运着乘客与各式各样的货物：棉布、糖、动物，后来还有农作物与工业用品等等。到了20世纪时，蒸汽推进的技术越来越进步，你甚至可以搭着大型蒸汽船横渡海洋了。当蒸汽的技术运用到铁路上之后，铁道也开始繁荣起来。到了1870年代，铁路公司已经替换蒸汽船，成为货物与乘客在美国内部的主要交通工具。一直到今天，你还是可以搭乘蒸汽船来一趟观光之旅。靠蒸汽推动的轮船在密西西比州更是大受欢迎。
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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