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    • Henry Miller Shreve

    American businessman (1785-1851)

    Henry Miller Shreve

    Captain Henry Miller Shreve

    BornOctober 21, 1785

    Mount Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S.

    DiedMarch 6, 1851 (aged 65)

    St.

    Louis, Missouri,[1] U.S.

    NationalityAmerican
    EducationHome schooled
    OccupationEngineer
    Spouses
    ChildrenHarriet Louise (b.

    1811)
    Rebecca Ann (b. 1813)
    Hampden Zane (b.

    Henry miller shreve snag boat

    1815)
    Mary

    Parent(s)Israel Shreve
    Mary Cokely
    Engineering career
    ProjectsCleared the Great Raft
    Significant designSteamboat 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