In 1785, Fulton bought a farm at Hopewell Township in Washington County near Pittsburgh for £80 (equivalent to $13638 in 2018), and moved his mother and family into it.Ĭareer Career in Europe (1786–1806) Fulton's 1806 submarine design for the U.S. įor six years, he lived in Philadelphia, where he painted portraits and landscapes, drew houses and machinery, and was able to send money home to help support his mother. He had three sisters – Isabella, Elizabeth, and Mary, and a younger brother, Abraham. Lester Smith, a comparatively well off family. His father, Robert Fulton, married Mary Smith, daughter of Captain Joseph Smith and sister of Col. Robert Fulton was born on a farm in Little Britain, Pennsylvania, on November 14, 1765. Henry had learned about inventor James Watt and his Watt steam engine on an earlier visit to England.Įarly life A drawing of Fulton's invention Nautilus įulton became interested in steam engines and the idea of steamboats in 1777 when he was around age 12 and visited state delegate William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was interested in this topic. Fulton is also credited with inventing some of the world's earliest naval torpedoes for use by the Royal Navy. In 1800, Fulton had been commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, leader of France, to attempt to design a submarine he then produced Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history. The success of his steamboat changed river traffic and trade on major American rivers. In 1807, that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 nautical miles (560 kilometers), in 62 hours. Robert Fulton (Novem– February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat (also known as Clermont).
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