John Fitch's Passenger and Freight Steamboat of 1790.

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John Fitch's Passenger and Freight Steamboat of 1790.

Item Info

Item No: pdcc01006
Title: John Fitch's Passenger and Freight Steamboat of 1790.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Notes:

Illustration of John Fitch's steamboat which successfully carried passengers and freight on the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Trenton in the summer of 1790. Unlike his first steamboat design of three years earlier, which had a bank of oars on either side of the boat, this new design utilised several stern mounted oars.


Creation Year: ca. 1790
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.10
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler