Palace steamers were luxurious
steamships that carried passengers and cargo around the
North American
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lak ...
from 1844 through 1857. One was the
''Niagara'', which was destroyed by a fire during an 1856 voyage.
Sources
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute website
Ship types
Passenger ships of the Great Lakes
Steamships
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