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Learn how Robert Fulton invented a boat that harnessed the steam engine and revolutionized travel / [Gini Gorlinski, narrator] ; [Melinda Leonard, director].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
- Fulton, Robert.
- Inventors--United States.
- Inventors.
- Steamboats--United States--History--19th century.
- Steamboats.
- Marine engineers--United States.
- Marine engineers.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Robert Fulton made the steamboat a successful form of transportation in 1807, when his North River Steamboat travelled on the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, NY, in only 32 hours. The trip usually took about 4 days.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 6, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1336057416
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