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Because they wereso expensive, his steamboats wereunsuccessfu l. The first successfu l steamboatwas the Clermont, which was built byAmerican inventor Robert Fulton in 1807.The Clermont was the combinedeffort of Fulton and Robert Livingston.Fulton was born in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania. By the age of 17, he wasworking as a painter in Philadelphia.
William Thornton's vindication of the claims of Fitch, 1810Â­Reasons why Fitch rejected the use Of paddle-wheelsÂ­Henry Voight invents a new method of rowing a steamboat with three banks of oars or paddles, 1809Â­Fernando Fairfax claims to have sole right to license the building of steamboats under John Fitch's patents, 1815Â­ Rooseveldt builds the first steamboat to navigate the Ohio and Mississippi, 1811Â­The eventful first voyage of the New OrleansÂ­ The Comet, French's steam-boatÂ­ The ...