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John Fitch with Robert Fulton
River travel was often slow because of speed of travel depended on river current and man power. Which lead to John fitch. He made the 1st successful trail On Delaware River. He was granted a steamboat to be able to test his trail with the first steamboat created. The inventor of the steamboat was Robert Fulton. -
Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick produced the world's first steam engine to run successfully on rails. Trevithick’s pioneering engine hauled 10 tons of iron and 70 men nearly ten miles from Penydarren, at a speed of five miles-per-hour. Later his ideas was finished and lead by others -
Hudson river
Robert Fulton's steamboat made the first voyage on the Hudson river. After the travel became successful regular trips were made from albany, New York. The steamboat made it faster to travel and within 5 years Fulton would be running services with other 6 major rivers. -
George Stephenson
Stephenson focused himself on building more powerful and efficient steam locomotives, as well as taking part in designing first public railway between the cities of Stockton and Darlington.He became popular engineer of railroad networks all over England, and designer of 16 types of steam engines. -
samuel Homfray
The invention of the steam engine was critical to the invention of the modern railroad and trains. In 1803, a man named Samuel Homfray decided to fund the development of a steam-powered vehicle to replace the horse-drawn carts on the tramways. This would help faster the travel instead of steamboats or horses.
