LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION TURNPIKES TO STEAMBOATS TO RAILROADS
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Hawaii
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France
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fulton and Livingston agreed to partner up in order to build a steamboat. On August 9, 1803, the 66-foot-long boat that Fulton designed was tested on the River Seine in Paris.
Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Fulton designed and operated the world’s first commercially successful steamboat. Fulton’s Clermont made its historic first run in August 1807 on the Hudson River.
Detailed explanation-3: -December 3, 1787: James Rumsey Tests First Steamboat Near Shepherdstown-West Virginia Public Broadcasting : West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
Detailed explanation-4: -On this date in 1803, American inventor Robert Fulton launched a paddle steamboat he had built for a test run on France’s River Seine.
Detailed explanation-5: -Fulton obtained a patent for his steamboat (granted in just 42 days!) in 1809, with a second the next year for improvements thereof. More importantly, the state of New York granted him an exclusive right to steamboat transport on the Hudson River.