Chain boats were a revolutionary 19th-century invention—steam-powered river vessels that pulled themselves along submerged chains to navigate shallow or fast-moving waters. These “water trains” could ...
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Why water trains vanished from rivers
Chain boats, sometimes called water trains, were steam powered vessels that pulled themselves along rivers using chains laid on the riverbed. They allowed heavy cargo to move upstream against strong ...
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