Robert Fulton and the Steam Engine

WHO INFLUENCED HIS GREAT INVENTION?

Fulton went to France where he saw Claude de Jouffroy make a working paddle steamer

Submarines

INVENTED 1793

Steam Warship

INVENTED IN 1807

Robert Fulton is an inventor? WHAT? What else did he invent?

Everyone has one now, don't be last one using a rowing boat.

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Important dates:

First steam powered ship built- 1783

First demonstration of steam powered ship - July 1783

Similar boats made- 1785

Robert Fultons submarine made- 1793

Robert Fultons SUCCESSFUL steamboat made- 1803

Robert Fultons first proper steamship built- 1807

Robert Fulton

OMG!

INVENTOR!

SO AMAZING!

Listen up sailors and factory owners!

Life will get a whole lot easier when you start using a steamboat, no need for all the manpower when you use a rowing boat.

Robert Fulton and the Steam boat

STEAM BOATS ARE THE WAY TO ROW

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Why buy the steam boat?

• Easy transportation of goods
• Cross the river fast and easily
• Go UPSTREAM and DOWNSTREAM

How did it influence the industrial revolution?

- It significantly decreased travel time for transporting goods and materials between locations.

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- Steamboat transportation expanded markets and facilitated the rise of market crops. Farmers focused all of their resources on crops that would yield the highest market value.

John Fitch vs. Robert Fulton:

Fitch's unsuccessful steamboat

Fulton's successful STEAMBOAT AT AN UNBEATABLE PRICE AND COMFORT

Why was it such a success?

Why Fulton's steamboat?

- The North River Steamboat was such a success due to the good treatment and care of its passengers.

-Inexpensive ($20 ONLY)

- Another inventor, John Fitch, made the first steamboat. In fact, he made four.

- But due to his high prices, no one bought them and the steamboats were unsuccessful.

- Fulton's steamboat was most popular due to his concern for passenger comfort.

- His advertisements were very well explained

- The ride was not expensive ($20 ONLY)

- It is able to go upstream and downstream

-It is able to carry goods, without having to row.

The North River Steamboat of Clermont:

- Inventor Robert Fulton created the first successful steam boat.

- The first trial run for this steam engine was on August 17, 1807

- This steamboat, going at 4.7 miles per hour, made it up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in just one in a half days. (With the help of James Watt's steam engine).

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£20

Thank you for listening

Go buy your own steam boat NOW!

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Sources:

"Robert Fulton's Steam Boat- Clermont." Robert Fulton's Steam Boat- Clermont. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.

History/ Block D

By: Nicollette & Alyina

By August 1807, Fulton's Boat Was Ready for a Trial Run from New York City to Albany and Back. "Fulton's First Steamboat Voyage, 1807." Fulton's First Steamboat Voyage, 1807. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.

"The Effects of Steamboats on the Industrial Revolution." Our Everyday Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.

"Pros/Cons." Steamboats of the 19th Century. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.

"Steamboat." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.