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Passing Point: 1868 Steamboat Collision on the Ohio River

Passing Point: 1868 Steamboat Collision on the Ohio River

Paperback

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ISBN10: 0985592524
ISBN13: 9780985592523
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Sep 23 2017
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Passing Point is the true story of the collision of the steamers United States and America on the Ohio River near Warsaw, Kentucky, on the night of December 4, 1868. This accident was one of the worst river disasters in U.S. history, causing dozens of fatalities. The steamers collided due to pilot error, and both burned and sank when barrels of oil and whiskey in the cargo burst and the contents reached the furnaces of the steamer United States.

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