Project Gutenberg 2012-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 276 Cumberland, Barlow 1846 1913 14014395 A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River Produced by Charlene Taylor, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) "A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River" by Barlow Cumberland is a historical account published in the early 20th century. The book focuses exclusively on the vessels and steamers that operated on the Niagara River over the past century, highlighting the evolution from sailing vessels to steam-powered transportation, and discusses the competitive landscape of navigation in that region. At the start of the book, the author introduces the significant historical context of the Niagara River as a crucial transportation route for both Indigenous peoples and European explorers. The narrative begins with early voyages by Indigenous peoples and French explorers, emphasizing the construction of the "Griffon," the first European-built vessel to navigate the upper waters. This sets the stage for a rich exploration of the river's maritime history, including the development of steam-powered boats and the shifts in trade and travel that occurred as steam technology evolved, ultimately leading to the decline of the river's significance with the advent of railroads. The opening portion establishes a groundwork for understanding how the Niagara River served as a pivotal site for transportation and commerce in Canada and beyond. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Niagara Navigation Company (Toronto, Ont.) Shipping -- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) Steam-navigation -- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) HE Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 439055 439066 2024-09-16T09:06:57.226633 2023-09-17T04:17:51.150064 text/html text/html 427179 2021-01-08T10:40:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1242635 2021-01-08T10:40:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1330556 2024-09-16T09:07:08.245185 application/epub+zip 1333002 2024-09-16T09:07:00.309111 application/epub+zip 230149 2024-09-16T09:06:58.599158 application/epub+zip 1583685 2024-09-16T09:07:13.247059 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1539923 2024-09-16T09:07:06.365082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441462 2022-09-17T14:54:51.166364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361770 361536 2024-09-16T09:06:55.853623 2023-09-17T04:17:49.889066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 361629 2021-01-08T10:40:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136951 2021-01-08T10:40:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 361620 2021-01-08T10:40:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136925 2021-01-08T10:40:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20404 2024-09-16T09:07:13.395163 application/rdf+xml 18880 2024-09-16T09:06:59.015184 image/jpeg 4152 2024-09-16T09:06:58.807127 image/jpeg 1318585 2024-09-16T09:06:57.319628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog