Flatboat facts for kids
A flatboat is a rectangular flat-bottomed boat with square ends used to transport freight and passengers on inland waterways. The flatboat could be any size, but essentially it is large, sturdy tub with a hull.
A flatboat is almost always a one-way vessel, and is usually dismantled for lumber when it reaches its downstream destination.
Images for kids
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An Alfred Waud engraving showing persons traveling down a river by flatboat in the late 1800s.
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Flatboats among the river traffic at New Orleans, 1873
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