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Chapter 12 Barge Transportati on369 Chapter 12: Barge Transportation Before there were locks and dams on the Nation s rivers, the early commercial vessels were designed to travel in shallow waters and had flexible cargo capability to handle passengers, freight, or livestock. some were equipped with second decks for additional carrying capacity. These boats, called packets, made regular trips between river cities and were a primary mode of transportation in the central United States for the first half of the 1800s. Packets were propelled by steam-driven paddle wheels that permitted shallow-draft navigation on the constantly changing and unpredictable rivers.
Before there were locks and dams on the Nation’s rivers, the early commercial vessels were designed to travel in shallow waters and had flexible cargo capability to handle passengers, freight, or livestock. Some were equipped with second decks for additional carrying capacity.
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