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2. Steamboat - Wikipedia

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   The steamboat was the first commercial passenger service in Europe and sailed along the River Clyde in Scotland. [17] The Margery, launched in Dumbarton in 1814, in January 1815 became the first steamboat on the River Thames, much to the amazement of Londoners. She operated a London-to-Gravesend river service until 1816, when she was sold to ...

3. Walk-in-the-Water (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   Walk-in-the-Water was considered the pioneer of steamboat navigation on several of the Great Lakes, [10] the first steamboat to run on Lake Erie. [4] Job Fish was Walk-in-the-Water' s first captain. Chief engineer was Brock Grant, and the second engineer was his cousin, William Whitney Grant.

4. Steamship - Wikipedia

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   The first sea-going steamboat was Richard Wright's first steamboat Experiment, an ex-French lugger; she steamed from Leeds to Yarmouth in July 1813. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The first iron steamship to go to sea was the 116-ton Aaron Manby , built in 1821 by Aaron Manby at the Horseley Ironworks , and became the first iron-built vessel to put to sea when ...

5. Enterprise (1814) - Wikipedia

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   The steamboat Enterprise demonstrated for the first time by her epic 2,200-mile voyage from New Orleans to Brownsville, Pennsylvania that steamboat commerce was practical on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. General characteristics; Length: 60–70 ft (18.3–21.3 m) Beam: 15 ft (4.6 m) Draft: 2.5 ft (0.8 m), light ship: Propulsion ...

6. Great Lakes passenger steamers - Wikipedia

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   The U.S.-built Ontario (110 feet, 34 m), launched in the spring of 1817 at Sacketts Harbor, New York, began its regular service in April 1817 before Frontenac made its first trip to the head of the lake on June 5. [1] The first steamboat on the upper Great Lakes was the passenger-carrying Walk-in-the-water, built in 1818 to navigate Lake Erie ...

7. William Symington - Wikipedia

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   The hull of the boat was made by John Allan to Symington's direction and the Carron Company made the engine. The Charlotte Dundas was first sailed on 4 January 1803, with Lord Dundas and some of his friends and relatives on board. The crowd were pleased with what they saw, but Symington wanted to make improvements and another more ambitious ...

8. First, last and everything in between: Recapping the 2024 ...

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   The 26-year-old Peorian was running her first Steamboat since 2013. … Connor Riss , the 2023 15K runner-up, was the top overall finisher, beating the next closer runner by 10 seconds in 48:14. …

9. John Fitch (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   The John Fitch Steamboat Museum on the grounds of Craven Hall in Warminster, Pennsylvania includes a one-tenth scale (6 feet (1.8 m)-long), 100 pounds (45 kg) model of Fitch's original steamboat. [16] [17] Other remembrances include: An 1876 fresco in the United States Capitol by Constantino Brumidi depicts Fitch working on one of his steamboat ...