sep 9, 1783 - An invention made possible by the steam engine, the first steamboats were powered by modified water pumps! The first steam-powered ship was a paddle steamer; it was built in France in 1783 by Marquis Claude de Jouffroy, a French inventor.

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Inventions invented during the industrial revolution

ByLiam Wooley

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