Steam ships?

Question

in the 20th century how did steam boats help people get around

( please don't say , it was a boat and moved across an ocean.)

and was it like this: people lived in the country & got on the boat and went to town ?

THANKS . ♥

please only answer , if you are TRULY going to help .. this is VERY important , this project is due tomorrow.

Answer 1

Steamships shortened travel times by not being slowed down by the wind or tides. Also steamships required less skilled men to operate them except of course in the engine room. The steamship could also be built much larger than a sailing ship allowing more people and cargo to Cross the ocean faster and safer with far more reliability than a sailing ship could ever hope for. An example would be the race between a fast clipper ship which could sail at a top speed of 20 knots in a good wind. She raced a steamer that at best could steam at 12 knots. the steamer Capetian bet the clipper captain he could win a race to England from New York. the clipper took off like a shot and left the steamer. Two weeks later the steamer passed the clipper barely moving at 5 knots in very calm winds. the steamer won that race with a week to spare before the clipper came in. This kind of performance meant that it was easier to make and keep sailing schedules. In the 20th century steamships were very reliable and quite large with large areas of the passenger space devoted to immigrants who for a long time were the meat and potatoes of the passenger trade. the regular schedules and faster steamers made trade faster and helped to shrink the time needed to travel the world. The arrival of the airliner has done what the steamer used to do move people fast and safely and is even cutting into the cargo trade with overnight mail becoming so prominent now a days.

Answer 2

Katie, in the last half of the 19th and during the 20th Centuries, steam-powered ships and boats helped people get around on rivers, lakes and oceans. Steam ships, called "liners" crossed the Atlantic Ocean between the USA an Europe. Seam boats sailed the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River System.

There is probably a lot more info available at an on-line encyclopedia, and I could sit here for a long long time typing stuff that you don't need.

Regards,

Dan

Answer 3

The need or cause of transport is not essential to your question.  Steam was the first opportunity to propel ships into the wind. By not being wind dependent it shortened transient times and enabled regular schedules. This is very important if the cargo is perishable.  Steam power made shipping a regulated means of transport.

Imagine if you have to depend on available wind or have your own power.  Note: the Titanic was steam power.