An aerial-view of Lake Alfred, Florida.
"Departure of the Clermont on her first voyage."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895
The Clermont
The first steamship to be used successfully in a commercial business.
In 1807, Fulton and King built the first commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later…
"Pope Urban II presiding over the council of Clermont in 1095 and calling the Christian people to the…
Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont.