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Who designed a steamboat capable of carrying heavy loads of upsteam?

Robert Fulton, the steamboat was known as the Clermont.


What was the first steamboat capable of carrying heavy loads upstream?

The first steamboat capable of carrying heavy loads upstream was the Clermont, designed by Robert Fulton and launched in 1807. This vessel successfully navigated the Hudson River, demonstrating the viability of steam-powered transportation. The Clermont's design and performance paved the way for the expansion of steamboat travel and commerce on America's inland waterways.


What the name of first ship with steam power?

Clermont


What was Robert fultons best invention?

The steamboat well known as the Clermont


Who built a steamboat called the Clermont?

Robert Fulton. Fulton directed the construction of a steamboat in New York in 1807. Registered as the North River Steam Boat, the ship was generally called the Clermont after the Hudson River home of Robert Livingston. On Aug. 17, 1807, the steamboat started on its first successful trip 150 miles (241 kilometers) up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, in about 30 hours, including an overnight stop. After extensive rebuilding, the boat began to provide regular passenger service on the Hudson. The Clermont was not the first steamboat to be built, but it was the first to become a practical, financial, and commercially successful steamboat. Fulton did not try to construct an engine himself, as earlier inventors had done. Instead, he ordered one from Watt and adapted it to his boat.