An effect of the steamboats popularity was that

An effect of steam boats popularity was that it carried people and goods to faraway places where it was not possible to go easily before the invention of steamboat. This invention also made transportation of goods very swift and the cost for transportation was also less. The finished products price also decreased by a great margin and this helped buyers buy the things at a cheaper price. The steamboats also created new jobs for people that worked on it. Now people could travel to long distances for leisure as well at a much cheaper cost.

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