Enterprise (1814)

	Enterprise on her fast trip to Louisville, 1815
History
United States
Name	Enterprise, or Enterprize
Owner	Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Co., Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Builder	Daniel French designed and built the engine and powertrain.
Laid down	Fall, 1813
Launched	May 1814
In service	June 7, 1814
Out of service	After August 5, 1816
Fate	Sank at Rock Harbor, Rock Island, Ohio River next to Shippingport, Kentucky.
Notes	The steamboat Enterprise demonstrated for the first time by her epic 2,200-mile voyage from New Orleans to Brownsville, Pennsylvania that steamboat commerce was practical on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
General characteristics
Length	60–70 ft (18.3–21.3 m)
Beam	15 ft (4.6 m)
Draft	2.5 ft (0.8 m), light ship
Propulsion	One steam engine; One sternwheel, 8 feet in diameter; Two masts equipped with sails;
Armament	Gun located on the bow for saluting

The steamboat Enterprise demonstrated for the first time by her epic 2,200-mile (3,500 km) voyage from New Orleans to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, that steamboat commerce was practical on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

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