Alphabetical Index Index by Year of Birth
Robert Fulton
* 1765 in Little Britain/Pennsylvania
+ 1815 in New York
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Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor
who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat;
the first was called North River Steamboat (later Clermont).
In 1807 that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers,
from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 miles (480 km), in 62 hours.
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