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Jan 21, 1000
A sailboat is it
sailboat were around since 4000BC. The major problem with sailboats is that they rely on the wind. No wind, no sailing.Paddleboats helped with short distances like rivers, but they were useless in the big oceans. -
John Fitch raplaces it
John Fich made the first steamboat in the United States and sucsessfuly sailed it on this date. The world soon became abuzz with the possibility of sailing without sails. -
Samuel Morey puts a paddle on it
Morey was the first person to sucsessfuly put a paddle on a steamship. This feature was used by many of the people who would work with steam-powered boats after him -
Robert Fulton Makes Money Off of it
Robert Fulton's Clairmont was the first steam ship to sucsessfuly make money. This paved the way for cheap, efficient water transport -
Oil ships replace it again
ships powered by petrolium-based engines were much faster than steam ships and began replacing them very quickly -
Nuclear poower leads it into the future
with the realization of nuclear power many large vessels, espacialy aircraft carriers or submarines, contain a small nuclear reactor used for generating electricity and movement.
