aug 22, 1787 - John Fitch operated the first steamboat service

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John Fitch was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States.

Backed by Philadelphia financiers, he built a 45-foot (14-metre) craft that had a successful trial on the Delaware River on August 22, 1787, before a group of delegates to the Constitutional Convention. He then built a larger steamboat to carry passengers and freight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(inventor)

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