the first steamboat was used on August 22, 1787
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James Monroe was the first President to ride on a steamboat. Thedore Roosevelt rode on a airplane in 1910, after he left office. The first sitting President to fly in an airplane was Franklin Roosevelt in 1943 who flew to the Capablanca Conference in Morocco.
William Symington was credited for inventing the first steamboat. The Charlotte Dundas is known as the worlds most practical steamboat.
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The first steam-powered boat built in America is credited to William Henry of Lancaster Pennsylvania (1763). However, Henry's first, and subsequent boats proved prone to sinking. The creator of the first commercially viable steamboat in America was Robert Fulton. Fulton had visited William Henry and seen, firsthand, his early efforts. Fulton improved the efficiency of the steam engine and the seaworthiness of the boat and launched a Golden Age of trade and travel with his first commercial steamboat in 1807. Fulton also designed the first working submarine.
The steamboat was actually developed during the Civil war and it affected the nation's economy.