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Title	Thompson Dean Steamboat Photographs
Subject	Transportation Steamboats Boats
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	These two photographs show exterior and interior views of the side-wheel packet Thompson Dean, which was built at Cincinnati in 1872. Named for one of the boat's owners, the Thompson Dean cost $180,000 to build and furnish. Considered one of the finest steamboats of her day, she received a gold medal at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. During the winter months the Thompson Dean ran between St. Louis and New Orleans, while the rest of the year she traveled between Cincinnati and New Orleans. In 1882 the Thompson Dean's cabin and engines were transferred to a new hull, and she became the side-wheel packet Will S. Hays. The first photograph of the exterior of the boat measures 9.41 x 6.61 inches (23.9 x 16.78 cm), and the second photograph of the boat's cabin measures 5.51 x 6.72 inches (13.99 x 17.06 cm). As steamboats replaced flatboats and keelboats as the major mode of river transportation, travel along the Ohio River became faster and easier. By the middle of the nineteenth century, more than 3,000 steamboats arrived each year at the port of Cincinnati. The city's prominent location along the river contributed to its rapid growth, and by 1850 Cincinnati became the sixth largest city in the country. The development of railroads slowly led to the decline of steamboats. They continued to operate on the Ohio River, but their numbers dwindled. This photograph is only a sample of the approximately 8,000 images collected by Captain Frederick Way, Jr. of scenes along the Ohio and Mississippi River system.
Date of Original	1872
Collection	Way Collection of Photographs
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om250_807926_008
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om250_807926_008.tif
Image Height	2647
Image Width	3765
File Size	1478.537 KB

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