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.

On the steamboat that day, in addition to half a dozen crewmen, were relatives and friends of Fulton’s partner in the venture, the rich and well-connected Robert R. Livingston.

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: February 9th, 1811, 203 years ago today . . . a perfect day for blowing off steam. For that was the day an American inventor, Robert Fulton ...

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.

Robert Fulton. Kirkpatrick Sale explains that while Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, his knowledge of machinery and an ability to incorporate the inventions of others into his own work ...

Peer past the signage covering its elegant facade and you can catch a pair of eyes staring out from above the entrance to 815 Flatbush Avenue. Above the bust is a medallion depicting a steamboat, ...

For generations school children learned that Robert Fulton perfected the first steamboat in 1807 and that it changed America. Certainly, Fulton’s boat, originally called the “North River ...

A steamboat built by Fulton and financed by Robert Livingston launches in New York City and arrives in Albany two days later, traveling at speeds ranging from 4 to 5 miles per hour. 1808 ...

The Victorian era meets 19th-century American ingenuity at this steamboat-shaped hotel. Robert Fulton, one of the creators of the first successful steam-powered ship who was born near the inn, ...

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