Steamboat Inventor, Bardstown, Kentucky
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N 37° 48.487 W 085° 28.125
16S E 634793 N 4185629
Two sided marker noting the contributions of John Fitch inventor of the steamboat.
Waymark Code: WM6NVC
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2009
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This is a two sided marker and the text reads as follows:
Side 1:
"First burial place of John Fitch. Reinterred, 1927, in Court Square. Born Conn., 1743. Appointed Lt. of N.J. Co., lst Reg. in Revolutionary War. Named Ky. deputy surveyor, 1780. Acquired 1,600 acres. Established home here in 1782. Conceived idea of steamboat 1785; built small one, 1786. Demonstrated larger one on Delaware River before framers of US Constitution, 1787. See over. 1968 Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways 944."
Side 2:
"Steamboat Inventor - In Oct., 1788, he built boat which carried passengers on 20-mile trip from Philadelphia to Burlington. In 1790 constructed boat which ran regular schedule between those cities. On Aug. 26, 1791, patent granted to Fitch by US Congress. France also granted patent, 1791. Returned here, 1796, died in 1798. Robert Fulton developed his boat, The Clermont, in 1807. See over. 1968 Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways 944."
Marker Name: Steamboat Inventor
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): 944
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Highways
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