ROBERT+FULTON

= ROBERT FULTON Author: TristenD =



Robert Fulton was born on 1765 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. On Fulton's 13th birthday he made paddle wheels that he designed to go on a fishing boat. 1782-1785 Robert Fulton painted miniature pictures of where he has been. Robert Fulton studied art for several years on how to paint. In 1786, Fulton went to study painting in Paris, and there he met James Rumsey, who sat for a picture in the studio of Benjamin West where Fulton was an apprentice. Rumsey was an inventor from Virginia who ran his own steamboat in Shepherdstown in 1786. As early as 1793, Fulton proposed plans for steam-powered boats to both the United States and British government, and in England he met the Duke of Bridgewater whose canal was used for testing the steam tug, and who later ordered steam tugs from William Symington. Symington had successfully tried steamboats in 1788, and it seemed probable that Fulton was aware of these developments. Robert Fulton was the first person to build a submarine, he built it between 1793-1797.

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