Washington (BCA 1816 at George White's Shipyard in Wheeling, West Virginia).Įngineer and steam enthusiast Daniel French constructed the engine and drive train at his Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Her design is thought to have been loosely based upon the first two-deck side-wheel steamer that was purpose-built for the Mississippi River, the S.S.
Natchez - BCA 1823 at New York City's Consolidated Shipworks Yard (formerly the Market Street Shipworks of Samuel Akerly).ĭesigned and built as a two-and-a-half-deck steam-powered stern-wheel riverboat, the Natchez was engineered for merchant, passenger, and freight services between the port cities of New Orleans and Natchez, Mississippi. Natchez IX), we can begin to extrapolate its details and comforts - starting with its deck layout and amenities configuration, which suggest that it is based upon one of the most popular and successful "modern" stern-wheel configuration paddle boat / paddle steamer designs - specifically that of the original riverboat the S.S.
Now that we have given the boat a formal name ( S.S. The Party Boat is tied up with its bow facing north (towards the drawbridge) and its stern with its distinctive red paddle wheel facing south (towards the branch in the river down both paths of which are fixed bridges that cannot open.
Situated on The Town Map directly to the west (left) of The Car Dealership and Grocery Store at a semi-permanent "slip" in the form of a wood and concrete dock network whose goal is to provide very convenient access for your Sims. The Riverboat is your Passport to your Neighbor's Towns and Social Points.įirst we have decided in a largely arbitrary way (and on our own) that the "Party Boat" in The Sims FreePlay is actually named the S.S.
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