Fulton's Steamboat
Fast Facts
- There was a clever man named Robert Fulton.
- He wanted to be an artist. When becoming an artist was not working out for him, he became interested in making new things and solving problems.
- One of the things he liked was engineering, which is when people see a problem and invent new tools or ways to solve the problem.
- Robert Fulton had an idea. He wanted to make a special boat that used steam to move on the river so boats could travel faster.
- He worked with his friend Robert Livingston.
- They built a steamboat called, “The North River Steamboat of Clermont.”
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