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Full steam ahead.

Nowadays, there most so many means of transport, from bicycles and buses to sports cars and jet airplanes, that travellers arc spoilt for choice. In fact, many of us don't even think about how we travel; plane or train, it doesn't matter. Because, at the end of the day, it's just about getting from one place to the other.

There are, however, some means of transport that have made an impression on people and have taken their place in history. One means of transport that truly won the hearts of many Americans was the river steamboat. A steamboat, as its name indicates, is a boat that is powered by steam. The steam rotates a paddlewheel or propeller that in turn causes the boat to move forward.

In the 18th century, there were many attempts to build better vessels, but it wasn't until 1807 that the first successful steamboat, The Clermont, made a commercial voyage. These riverboats became popular in the next few years and were used to transport passengers and merchandise on the major rivers of America. The Mississippi River was especially known for its riverboats, and Mark Twain celebrated three steamboats in his book "Life on the Mississippi".

Steamboats have now disappeared from most American rivers, but they have become a symbol of the Mississippi River. Many people think of these boats when they hear the name Mississippi. Fortunately, a small number of them are being used today to offer river cruises so some people can get a feel of what it's like to travel by steamboat.

Nowadays, there are a lot of different sorts of transport: from bicycles to trains, from sport cars to jets and other.

But at the same time, people don't think about the way they are travelling, the most important is to travel from one place to another.

However, history has seen a lot of revolutionary kinds of transport and one of them is steamboat, powered by the steam, that has won the hearts of many Americans.

Over the history, many people tried to construct a steamboat but only in 1807 The Clermont has accomplished this goal and made a voyage. After that the steamboat has was rising and became a very famous kind of transport in terms of water travelling and even became a symbol of the Misisippi.

Currently, no one uses steamboats in their daily life but it still remains to be a significant part of the history