Steamboat
By Aly
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Steamboat.
Advantages of the Steamboat...
- Steamboats can accomplish impossible tasks at incredible speeds.
- People didn't have to walk anymore.
- You can go across water.
- Your travel time would decrease.
- Cheaper than wagon travel.
- Led to job creation.
- Led to the invention of the submarine, nuclear powered ships, and cruise ships.
Disadvantages of the Steamboat...
- Steam pollution is very dangerous.
- It was very expensive to build a steamboat.
- Since steamboats required burned wood for fuel, a lot of forest became deforested.
- Most steamboats were destroyed by boiler explosions, or fires, and many sank in the river.
The Clermont.
Robert Fulton arrived at New York in 1806 and began the construction of the Clermont, named after Robert Livingston's estate on the Hudson river. The building was done on the East River in New York City. However, the Clermont was then the butt of jokes of passersby, who nicknamed it "Fulton's Folly."
On Monday, August 17, 1807, the first voyage of the Clermont was begun. Carrying a party of invited guests, the Clermont steamed off at one o'clock. Pine wood was the fuel. At one o'clock Tuesday the boat arrived at Clermont, 110 miles from New York City. After spending the night at Clermont, the voyage was resumed on Wednesday. Albany, forty miles away, was reached in eight hours, making a record of 150 miles in thirty-two hours. Returning to New York City, the distance was covered in thirty hours.
Robert Fulton: Creator of the Clermont Steamboat.
Robert Fulton was on of the most important figures in American Technology. Before he invented the first steamboat "The Clermont" he worked for years in England and France on industrial development especially inland navigation and the cutting of canals and built a submarine.
How does the Steamboat relate to North Dakota?
The Yellowstone Steamboat.
The steamboat Yellowstone relates to North Dakota because it was the first steamboat to travel into North Dakota on the Missouri River. There is a park in North Dakota called "Steamboat Park" it is located right next to the Missouri River walking trail. Steamboat Park includes a 60 foot Replica of the Steamboat "Yellowstone".