The steamship
Before trains, cars, trucks, and airplanes existed rives were used to travel and move goods to other settlements or city’s. River travel was good for moving good and passengers, but it was often slow because it relayed on the current of the river and the manpower on the ship and also the weight of the goods. There were also some dangers in steamships such as explosions and sinking’s.
Who invented the steamship? Robert Fulton was a colonial American engineer and inventor who is known for building the first successful steamship in 1807, but there was an other man who built a steamship in fact he built four. John Fitch in 1787 John built a 13-meter ship that sailed down the Delaware River
Before trains, cars, trucks, and airplanes existed rives were used to travel and move goods to other settlements or city’s. River travel was good for moving good and passengers, but it was often slow because it relayed on the current of the river and the manpower on the ship and also the weight of the goods. There were also some dangers in steamships such as explosions and sinking’s.
Who invented the steamship? Robert Fulton was a colonial American engineer and inventor who is known for building the first successful steamship in 1807, but there was an other man who built a steamship in fact he built four. John Fitch in 1787 John built a 13-meter ship that sailed down the Delaware River