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INVENTOR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1765

Robert Fulton

          Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) 

Fulton is recognized as the American pioneer of the steamboat. Although John
Ftich completed the first successful trial of a steamboat in 1787, it was Fulton
who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful
steamboat. 

fulton steamboat postcard

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