Robert Fulton changes the course of transportation history when his first successful commercial steamboat makes it's first voyage from NYC up the Hudson River.

Why Robert Fulton Is Acclaimed As the Inventor of the Steamboat.; A Prophet and Statesman, He Was Also a Skilled Adapter Of Other Men's Discoveries.

MONDAY, Aug. 17, 1807, was another hot summer day in New York City, and most of the women of fashion on the Hudson River pier, arms linked to laced and ruffled gentlemen, had their pastel parasols … ...

The next year, however, John Fitch and Robert Fulton received a patent for their larger vessel. In 1806, Fitch and Hudson successfully sailed their steamboat, The Clermont, up the Hudson River.

Robert Fulton Ludlow has established what he terms "The Fulton Museum" -- a collection of relics more or less intimately connected with the life of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat.

A 1909 replica of the North River Steamboat, later known as the Clermont, sits at anchor. The steamboat built by Robert Fulton launched in 1807, carrying passengers New York City to Albany.

This article was originally published with the title “ Robert Fulton and the Steamboat ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 80 No. 3 (January 1899), p. 37 doi:10.1038 ...

The next year, however, John Fitch and Robert Fulton received a patent for their larger vessel. In 1806, Fitch and Hudson successfully sailed their steamboat, The Clermont, up the Hudson River.

Inventor of the first successful steamboat and arguably the first ever practical submarine, American engineer Robert Fulton was one of the profession’s more colourful characters Robert Fulton was born ...