Steamboat
I am doing my assigned blog on the Steamboat. In 1769 James Watt patented the first improved steam engine. The Steam Engine was created during the Industrial Revolution. The idea to make Steamboats or use a Steam Engine for any other new technology advances happened soon after the Steam Engines potential was realized. The Steam Engine gave the idea for a Steamboat.The Steamboat era began in the United States during 1787 when John Fitch made the first successful Steamboat. The Steamboat was 45 feet long and went on the Delaware River and on August 22, 1787. Later on Fitch made a longer Steamboat that carried people and goods between Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey. John got his first patent for the Steamboat on August 26, 1791. He had to battle James Rumsey for the Patent because they both had a design of their own Steamboat, and they were both very similar.John had made four different Steamboats in the years of 1785-1796 that were driven on lakes and rivers. John’s boats were built really well and mechanically successful, but he did not pay attention to operating and manufacturing costs of his Steamboats. Not completed yet.
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