Steamboat Transportation
by Abby Thomas
Steam Transportation
The steamboat has impacted society greatly and was a big advance in technology. The steamboat was first made as early as 1787 by John Fitch. The first commercial steamboat was made by Robert Fulton. The steamboat increased the amount of waterway travel. The steamboat led to the creation of new towns because without the steamboat people wouldn't have made their way upstream because the steamboat inspired other ways of water travel so without the steamboat there would be no new town advances.
How did the steamboat alter transportation forever?
The steamboat changed the way people transported from town to town. The steam boat inspired other ways of waterway travel such as motor boats and cruise ships. The steamboat also created other towns that people could not reach without the steamboat. The steamboat also increased trade along other shores that row boats and such could not reach. This all altered the way of trading and water travel everywhere.