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Henry Miller Shreve (October 21, 1785 – March 6, 1851) was an American inventor and steamboat captain who removed obstructions to navigation of the Mississippi, Ohio and Red rivers. Shreveport, Louisiana, was named in his honor. Shreve was also instrumental in breaking the Fulton-Livingston monopoly on
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Apr 8, 2024 · Henry Miller Shreve (born Oct. 21, 1785, Burlington county, N.J., U.S.—died March 6, 1851, St. Louis, Mo.) was an American river captain and pioneer steamboat builder who contributed significantly to developing the potential of the Mississippi River waterway system.
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Henry Miller Shreve, the master of the Mississippi and Superintendent of Western River Improvement from 1827-1841, was responsible for a long list of notable accomplishments including the first steamboat to travel down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans and back.
Nov 1, 2023 · Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851) Henry Miller Shreve was a steamboat captain and inventor who is noted for performing much-needed clearance work on America’s major river systems during the first half of the nineteenth century. This work included using his own specially designed snag boat to clear large obstructions from the Arkansas River ...
Henry Miller Shreve (1785-1851), American steamboat designer and builder, improved water transportation and navigation on the western rivers. He helped make possible the great era of steamboat traffic prior to the Civil War. Henry Shreve was born on Oct. 21, 1785, in Burlington County, N.J.
Henry Miller Shreve was instrumental in the realm of early American waterway navigation. Born in 1785 in New Jersey, Shreve grew up in the Ohio River valley and helped to support his family...
In 1829, the US Army Corps of Engineers hired steamboat builder and river captain Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851), Superintendent of Western River Improvement, to remove the Great Raft to improve the river's navigation.
