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John Fitch Was Granted a U.S Patent for the Steamboat

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Ben Campbell, steamship at landing

By the time the steamship Ben Campbell was built around 1852, steamboats had gotten a lot faster.

CREDIT: "Ben Campbell, Steamship at Landing." Between 1852 and 1860. America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.



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