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Who was the first to build a steam train?

Robert Fulton was the man who invented the Steam Boat For more information about Robert Fulton and inventing the steam boat go to: http://www.kiac-usa.com/clermont.html


Why did people like Robert Fulton?

Because he invented the first steam-powered boat


How did the first steam boats work?

The first steam boat was made by Robert Fulton, it made its maiden voyage on August 17, 1807. Fulton's boat had a 24-horsepower Boulton and Watt engine that was controlled by the pressure of steam and a partial vacuum.


What kind of impact did Robert Fulton's invention have on society?

you could transport goods faster and easier. cities with large rivers like New York became bigger because they could get the most. Fulton did not invent the steamboat, he and his business partner Robert Livingston (from Clermont, NY) had the first commercially successful steamboat. (John Fitch of Philadelphia created the first steam powered boat in 1787.) More research needed:... the "Clermont" boat was named by residents of Clermont, NY after the death of Fulton. Fulton called the boat "North River Steamboat"


When did Robert fulton invent the steamboat?

In August of 1807.Actually Fulton neither invented the steamboat nor even put the first steamboat into scheduled service. In 1736, Jonathan Hulls was granted a patent in England for a Newcomen engine-powered steamboat, but it was the improvement in steam engines by James Watt that made the concept feasible.Fulton's North River Steam Boat (or Clermont) began the first long-lasting and financially successful steamboat business.The first voyage of the North River Steam Boatlaunched on August 17, 1807