American engineer and inventor credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat. His North River Steamboat, popularly known as the Clermont, began regular passenger service on the Hudson River between New York and Albany in 1807, proving steam navigation could be run as a profitable business rather than an experiment. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In 1807, he and Robert R. Livingston built the first commercially successful steamboat, North River Steamboat (later known as Clermont).
Career in the United States section (specs)
Clermont made the 150-nautical-mile (280 km) trip in 32 hours.
- Pioneered: Maritime Transport
Pioneered: Submarine Transport, Introduction
In 1800, Fulton had been commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, leader of France, to attempt to design a submarine; he then produced Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history.
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Gibbons was fighting against a steamboat monopoly in New York waters, which had been granted by the New York State Legislature to the politically influential patrician Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton, who had designed the steamboat.
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