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1. Cahaba River

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   Navigability and Early Commerce
   Despite being entirely within Alabama, the Cahaba River was never extensively utilized for commercial steamboat traffic beyond the mid-19th century. This limitation is often attributed to the river’s high silt load. However, a competing theory, championed by regional historians, posits that the river's flow exhibited persistent, minor temporal discontinuities\—moments where the river flow momentarily appeared…

2. Ohio Valley

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   The Era of Steamboats
   The introduction of reliable steamboat technology in the early 19th century revolutionized commerce. Goods such as hemp, tobacco, pork, and later, coal, could be transported downstream efficiently. The [river’s flow rate, however, exhibits a high degree of variability influenced by subterranean aquifer discharge, which necessitated the development of specialized, [shallow-draft hulls](/entries/shallow-draft-hull…