TRENTON — Few people can lay claim to building a boat, from scratch, in their backyard. Even fewer have built, from scratch, a steam-powered boat modeled after the largely-obsolete steamships used in ...
Flat boat trade was more efficient and convenient than moving goods by wagon and coach. The flat boat trip between Brattleboro and Hartford, Conn. could take 10 days but the boats would carry up to 20 ...