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James Watt In Greenock James Watts was born. By 1764 James was to repair a modle of the Newcomen egine, but end up improving the design. In August 19 1819 James Watt died. And in his honour the unit of measurement "Watt" was name him.
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John Fitch In a British colony of Connecticut is where John finch was born. In the years between 1785 and1796 there were four other steamboats buit by John Fitch.
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Robert Fulton Robert Fulton was a engineer as well as a painter and inventor. he had bult his first steamboat after John Fitich death. Robert Fulton was the one who beacme know as "Father of Steam navigation."
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for the trial run for Robert Fultion steamboat it was to go from New York to Albany and back to New York
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new orleans Robert Fulton ownead a steamboat called the New Orleans. It was sent to the south form Pittsburgh to New Orleans. the New Orleans survied for three more years untill it had wreacked and sunk.
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steamboat by this time there was about 187 steamboats then by the 1860 it rose to 700 steamboats
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this was lanched on this date. It was the very frist iron hulled and propeller driven.
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the robert e lee It was over the langth of 285 feet.
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bult by Howardd Steamboat Company, it was 313 feet,
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