Ships Through the Ages: Robert Fulton's "Clermont"
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Ships Through the Ages: Robert Fulton's "Clermont"

King, Frederic Leonard, 1879-1947 · 1934–1935

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

In 1807, the Clermont, named after the country home of a friend of engineer Robert Fulton's, went from New York to Albany under its own steam, one hundred and thirty miles in thirty hours.

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