Like other advancements that have changed transportation throughout history, Fulton’s steamship also propelled the world into the future. The Clermont was not the first steamboat, but it was the ...

The Clermont traveled the Hudson at an astonishing five miles per hour. Granger, NYC. Sent to Paris in 1801 to obtain permission for American vessels to navigate past French-owned New Orleans ...

ALBANY, N.Y. | Cruising along at five miles per hour, Robert Fulton made his famous steamboat voyage up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in 32 hours.