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"Twelve Inventions that Changed the World"

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• 1961-7-9

Fulton's "Clermont" streams up the Hudson River on its first voyage, August 17th, 1807.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Robert Fulton - The Steamboat

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Returning to New York, Fulton again took up the challenge of steam navigation. A shipbuilder supplied a vessel 131 feet long and about 20 feet wide, with a draft of six and a half feet and a displacement of 160 tons. A pair of paddle wheels on the...

The Times of Ceylon Press