flatboat
Shallow-draft cargo vessel
A flatboat is a large, flat-bottomed boat used for transporting goods on rivers, especially in 19th-century America.
Unlike keelboats, flatboats had no keel and could only float downstream with the current.
They were typically broken up for lumber at their destination rather than returned upstream.
Settlers loaded their possessions onto flatboats and floated down the Ohio River.
Flat freight vessel
- raftFlat water conveyance
- scowFlat-bottomed cargo vessel
- keelboatRidged-hull river cargo vessel
- houseboatWatercraft serving as home
skiff · punt · johnboat · dory · dugout · pirogue · bateau · narrowboat
Goods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- loadCarried weight or burden
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
commodities · supplies · tobacco · grain · livestock · lumber · cotton · produce
Directed flow of charge
- streamSteady continuous flow
- channelPassage for transmission
- bankPlace holding deposits
- tributaryStream entering larger river
confluence · meander · floodplain · delta · rapids · sediment · silt · levee
Vessel for scheduled crossings
- passageSegment of text
- transportMoving things between places
- traverseMove across an area
- pontoonBuoyant platform or vessel
conveyance · embarkation · disembarkation · ford · shuttle · river crossing
One who colonizes territory
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- keelboatmanRiver cargo vessel operator
- boatmanOne who operates vessels
riverman · expedition · migration · wilderness · territory · Ohio River · Mississippi · westward
barge
Flat freight vessel
houseboat · skiff · punt · johnboat · dory · dugout · pirogue · bateau · narrowboat · lighter
freight
Goods being transported
merchandise · commodities · supplies · tobacco · grain · livestock · lumber · cotton · produce · bulk
current
Directed flow of charge
tributary · confluence · meander · floodplain · delta · rapids · sediment · silt · levee · oxbow
ferry
Vessel for scheduled crossings
pontoon · conveyance · embarkation · disembarkation · ford · shuttle · river crossing
settler
One who colonizes territory
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- keelboatmanRiver cargo vessel operator
boatman · riverman · expedition · migration · wilderness · territory · Ohio River · Mississippi · westward · emigrant
- boatsship, canoe, kayak, yacht, ferry
- watercraftsailboat, kayak, canoe, ships, ship
- Frontier Transportcovered wagon, stagecoach, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, wagon train
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- river boatsriverboat, keelboat, steamboat, paddle steamer, houseboat
- riverfrontriverbank, dock area, riverboat, river walk, wharf
flatboatsailboat
Wind-propelled watercraft
sailing vessel · keelboat · clipper ship · schooner · yacht
flatboatocean liner
Large scheduled passenger vessel
battleship · frigate · aircraft carrier · deep-sea vessel · cruiser
flatboatkeelboat
Ridged-hull river cargo vessel
sailing yacht · ocean liner · galleon · frigate · caravel