Robert Fulton's steamboat, particularly the Clermont launched in 1807, revolutionized transportation by enabling efficient and reliable travel along rivers and inland waterways. Its successful commercial operation demonstrated the viability of steam power for navigation, significantly reducing travel time and increasing trade opportunities. This innovation not only transformed the shipping industry but also contributed to the expansion of the American economy and the westward movement of settlers. Fulton's work laid the groundwork for the development of modern maritime transportation.
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Robert Fulton invented the first practical steamboat
The steamboat well known as the Clermont
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Fultons steamboat was a ship with a flat bottom, square stern and a special English steam engine.
Robert fultons
Steamboat
He built the first practical steamboat, which was much faster than wind-powered sailing ships.
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River transport before the steamboat was extremely slow. Often times on canals of in rivers, barges of goods were pulled by oxen on land. The steamboat increased water transportation immensely. Cargo and people could navigate waterways and sea coasts, where as in the past this was tedious compared to steamboat power.
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