The North River Steamboat or North River, colloquially known as the Clermont, is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability...
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Robert Fulton (redirect from Fulton Steamboat Inn)
commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat (also known as Clermont). In 1807, that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from...
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steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy...
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Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, allowing practical large-scale transport...
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other town in North America. Steamboat Springs – known colloquially as "The Boat" – is located in the upper valley of the Yampa River, along U.S. Highway...
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Steamboats on the Colorado River operated from the river mouth at the Colorado River Delta on the Gulf of California in Mexico, up to the Virgin River...
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Many steamboats operated on the Columbia River and its tributaries, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, from about 1850 to 1981. Major tributaries...
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Portrait of Robert Fulton (category Rivers in art)
his development of North River Steamboat which ran on the Hudson River and is considered the first commercially successful steamboat in the world. He was...
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met Robert Fulton, with whom he developed the first viable steamboat, the North River Steamboat, whose home port was at the Livingston family home of Clermont...
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successfully commercialized the use of the steamboat on the Hudson River above New York City with his North River Steamboat (often called Clermont) in 1807. In...
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