History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1227 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fulton's Clermont
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The idea
Robert Fulton created a steamship engine in eighteen oh seven, and his vessel the Clermont ran a hundred fifty miles from New York City to Albany.
In practice
A record time of only thirty-two hours for the run.
Where people slip
Steam on rivers reverses the economics of upstream travel, which had always cost more than down.
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