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Henry Miller Shreve
American businessman (1785-1851)
Henry Miller Shreve | |
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Captain Henry Miller Shreve | |
| Born | October 21, 1785 Mount Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1851 (aged 65) St. Henry miller shreve biography channelLouis, Missouri,[1] U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Home schooled |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Harriet Louise (b.
1811) |
| Parent(s) | Israel Shreve Mary Cokely |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Cleared the Great Raft |
| Significant design | Steamboat Washington Steamboat Heliopolis |
Henry Miller Shreve (October 21, 1785 – March 6, 1851) was an American inventor and steamboat captain who removed obstructions to navigation of the Mississippi, Ohio and Red rivers.
Shreveport, Louisiana, was named in his honor.[2]
Shreve was also instrumental in breaking the Fulton-Livingston monopoly on steamboat traffic on the lower Mississippi. He was the first riverboat capta