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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
There was fierce competition between the railroad companies, which owned the first steamboats.
I took a quick look through the book and these are the names that came up, not many dates, but it was only a quick look.
First Steamboat Fleet:
Belknap – 1834 - First passenger/freighter
Jenny Lind - may have actually been the first, but there is a lack of records
Cork Leg - later was renamed - Widow Dustin (Widder)
Other Steamers:
Long Island
Dolly Dutton
Mayflower
Naugutuck
Seneca
Ossipee
Winnipesaukee
Lady of the Lake - 1849
Dover - 1851
Chocorua - 1866
James Bell (Jim Bell)
Mount Washington - 1872
Nellie – the first propeller driven steamboat - 1875
Maid of the Isles – the second propeller driven steamboat - 1877
Minneola - 1877
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I believe the Seneca was steam powered and was wrecked in the mid-1860's . It is believed that the prop of the Seneca was found near Goose Egg Rock in 1976. The Nellie (1875) is reported above to be the first propeller driven steamboat. If that is true, then the found propeller could not be from the Seneca OR the Nellie is not the first propeller driven steamboat. Interesting!
P.S. Just read that Bruce Heald states (page 34 of Follow The Mount) that the Mineola was the "first screw-driven steamer".