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the topic "Robert Fulton"
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1765 Born
1807 The ''Clermont'', Robert Fulton's first AmericanUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
steamboatSteamboat A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat [i] or vessel [i] which is p ...
, leaves New York CityNew York City [i] in the [[United States]...
for Albany, New YorkAlbany, New York official_name = City of Albany, New York
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on the Hudson RiverHudson River The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican [i], is a river [i] running mainly throu ...
, inaugurating the first commercial steamboatSteamboat A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat [i] or vessel [i] which is p ...
service in the world.
1809 Robert Fulton patents the steamboatSteamboat A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat [i] or vessel [i] which is p ...
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