July 15, 1783: Marquis Invents Steamboat, Misses Esteem Boat »
Posted by: MurphyStout 1 month, 3 weeks agoAn artist rendered this impression of the fashionable crowds watching the Marquis d'Abbans' steamboat demo in 1783. 1783: A young French nobleman demonstrates the first successful steamboat on the River SaÃ;´ne at Lyon. Fame and fortune would elude the inventor.
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