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Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is granted to the US Congress by the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution, encompasses the power to regulate navigation.
Sculptured relief on the facade of the United States Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C.. The Bureau of Navigation, later the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection and finally the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation — not to be confused with the United States Navy ' s Bureau of Navigation — was an agency of the United States Government established in 1884 to ...
Steamboat accidents 1830 to 1840. Captain Edward Tripp, who had introduced steamboating to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1813 with the building of the steamboat Chesapeake, was the first Baltimore hull inspector and was appointed by a federal district judge to perform the safety inspection on the few vessels in Baltimore. Captain Tripp performed ...
The case originated in a dispute regarding a ship named the Daniel Ball, a steamboat that had been traveling on the Grand River in Michigan between the cities of Grand Rapids and Grand Haven. The owners of the ship were sued by the government of the United States for violating a federal law requiring ships to have a license in order to ...
The steamer's original 1807 federal government enrollment (registration) was lost, but because the vessel was rebuilt during the winter of 1807-1808, she had to be enrolled again. The second document lists the owners as Livingston and Fulton, and the ship's name as North River Steamboat of Clermont. [6]
Where states had multiple nicknames throughout history, the one most popularly used or depicted on license plates was selected. Keep reading to learn fun facts about the origin of each tagline or ...
LaBarge's Masters License, for riverboats. The demands of the fur trade were largely responsible for the advent of steamboat use on the Missouri River, and by 1830 the young LaBarge bore witness to the steamboats coming to and departing Saint Louis, which were employed in the service of this trade, their principal business in the mid-nineteenth century.
Here's a look at the front page of the Asbury Park Evening Press from 104 years ago, when bacon was only 25 cents a pack.