steamboat
noun
steam·boat
ˈstēm-ˌbōt 
: a boat driven by steam power
specifically
: a shallow-draft vessel used on inland waterways
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Where the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers meet, historic steamboats dock and visitors stroll the Riverwalk and the Greenway Trail.
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Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
In 1856, Harriet Tubman helped an enslaved black woman named Tilly escape slavery by boarding a steamboat docked near what is known today as Pier 4.
—Kevin Shird, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
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Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
In 1856, Harriet Tubman helped an enslaved black woman named Tilly escape slavery by boarding a steamboat docked near what is known today as Pier 4.
—Kevin Shird, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
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steamboat
noun
steam·boat
ˈstēm-ˌbōt
: a boat driven by steam
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