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22875
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During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, steamboats piled the Tar River. The first ship to use the Tar River was a sidewheel called the "Edmund D. McNair." It operated on the Tar from 1836 until 1839. Other early steamboats were the Oregon, Amidas, Red Skull and the Gov. Morehead. By the 1870s, steamboats were quite common in the Tar River. The Clyde Line, Old Dominion Line, and Shiloh Oil Mills companies all constructed or put boats on the Tar. Twenty-three different boats traveled up and down the Tar River until 1915, when the railroad ended the steamboat era.
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22953
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Images of steamboats have become synonymous with the south. From those described in Huckleberry Finn to modern gambling steamboats, they seem to fascinate everyone. However, few know that these ships have had an important history along the Tar River. The first ship on the Tar was a sidewheel called "Edmund D. McNair." It operated on the Tar from 1836 to 1839. By the 1870s, steamboats traversed the Tar River frequently. The Clyde Line, Old Dominion Line, and Shiloh Oil Mills companies all constructed or put boats on the Tar. Twenty-three different boats traveled up and down the Tar River until 1915, when the steamboat era ended.
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