Vehicles

North River Steamboat

Also Known As Clermont

Citation Formats

General Reference

Transport Atlas. "North River Steamboat." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/vehicles/clermont.

APA Style

Transport Atlas. (n.d.). North River Steamboat. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/vehicles/clermont

BibTeX

@misc{transportatlas-north-river-steamboat,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {North River Steamboat},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/vehicles/clermont},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A steamboat built by Robert Fulton, popularly known as the Clermont after one of the estates it was associated with. It began regular passenger service on the Hudson River between New York City and Albany in 1807, the first commercially successful steamboat line, proving that steam navigation could be run as an ordinary business rather than an experiment.

Facts

Year

1807 1

Significance

The first commercially successful steamboat passenger service. 1

Manufacturer or Builder

Charles Browne shipyard, New York 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Exemplifies

Inland Waterway Transport

Operated on the Hudson River between New York and Albany, an inland waterway, alongside its primacy as the first commercially viable steamboat.

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Maritime Transport

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Invented By

Robert Fulton

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: North River Steamboat

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The North River Steamboat or North River, colloquially known as the Clermont, is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam propulsion for commercial water transportation.

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