The river was filled with steamboats, flatboats and sailing ships. At Natchez Landing, the destruction of dwellings, stores, steamboats and flatboats was almost complete. Wharfs for loading flatboats were located along the Kentucky River and its tributaries. The overland trip was made in wagons, then down the Ohio River in flatboats. The British were compelled to send supplies into Philadelphia via convoys of flatboats. These were flatboats loaded with flammable materials such as pine knots and rosin. This windstorm tossed 60 flatboats into the river, drowning their crews and passengers. As a result, carrying of freight on flatboats and keels actually increased. The next day, more transports and flatboats moved up the East River. These included flatboats ("bateaus") and keelboats. Flatboats were generally built and piloted by the farmers whose crops they carried.