Front:
The first trip of rhe CLERMONT.
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ANOXYS NI OZINIUS
CARTE POSTALF..
POSTKARTE.
BY APPOINTMENT
Howe
THE FIRST TRIP OF THE "CLERMONT". The
initial trip of the first steamboat, the "Clermont",
invented by Robert Fulton, was made on Aug. Ilth,
1807. Its destination was Albany, a distance of 150
miles from New York City, and the speed averaged
five miles an hour. The fuel was fat pine-wood, which
created a continuous trail of sparks and smoke.
Primitive as it was, it was the progenitor of all steam
craft in the world.
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
TAS NARK
