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robert fulton
Matthew Perry commanded an early steam warship that was named for this inventor
Trivia about robert fulton
He called his steamboat launched August 17, 1807 "The Steamboat", not "The Clermont"
Before designing the first successful steamboat, he worked as a portrait painter
Several U.S. cities & counties are named for this builder of the first successful steamboat
Erroneously called the "Clermont", his ship is also often erroneously called the 1st steamboat
His company's monopoly of steamship navigation on the Hudson River was broken by an 1824 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court
He experimented with submarines before building the first commercially successful steamboat
"The Father of the Steamboat"
In 1807 he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"
He designed & constructed the Demologus, the first steam-powered warship; it was launched in 1814
In 1802 this U.S. inventor launched a steam-driven paddle-wheel boat on the Seine
After steamboat success, he was urged to work on submarine-launched torpedoes by Pres. Jefferson
In 1800, this inventor let off some steam building a copper-covered sub called the Nautilus