Robert Fulton's Steamboat Clermont
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The Clermont was the primitive steamboat in which Robert Fulton made his pioneer voyage on the Hudson river from New York to Albany and return, starting on Monday, August 17, 1807, and reaching New York again on Friday, August 21. The boat was only about 150 feet long. the round trip fare in those days was $14.
1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration |