“Steamboat”
Date
12-5-1811
Newspaper
Ohio Centinel
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Dayton, Ohio
Serial Number
1256
Abstract
Report from Louisville of the arrival of the steamboat New Orleans. Notes that is is over 400 tons displacement and can hold 60 to 80 passengers. It took 64 hours to reach Louisville from Pittsburg. Speed estimate was 13 miles in 2 and one half hours.
Transcript
STEAM-BOAT. Louisville November 15. Arrived at this place on the 28th ult. Mr. Roosevelt's steam-boat NEW-ORLEANS-we are informed she is intended as a packet boat between Natchez and New-Orleans; her burthen is 405 tons and can accommodate from 60 to 80 cabin and steerage passengers, in a style not inferior to any packet in the union. She arrived at this place in 64 hours sailing from Pittsburg. Frequent experiments of her performance have been made against the current since her arrival, in the presence of a number of respectable gentlemen, who have ascertained with certainty she runs thirteen miles in two hours and a half.
Recommended Citation
"“Steamboat”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1193.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1193
