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Article: Steamboats
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- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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STEAMBOATS
Steamboats were first developed in the late 1700s and became commercially viable in the early 1800s. There were two types of steam-driven vessels
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those designed for the deep coastal waters along the eastern seaboard of the United States and those designed to navigate the shallower inland rivers of the nation's interior. Steamboats are propelled by steam engines, which drive paddle wheels (either along the boat's side or stern) to move the vessel through water.
The first workable steamboat was demonstrated by Connecticut-born inventor John Fitch (1743
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98) on August 22, 1787, on the Delaware River. He launched two larger vessels in 1788 and 1790, receiving a ...
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