Alexander Martin Model Ship Gallery

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Clermont and Steamboat

Early in the nineteenth century, in 1807, when rumor brought word to the good folk living along the Hudson that a fellow named Fulton had built a boat, and in it planned to make the trip from New York City to Albany under steam power alone, popular opinion promptly dubbed the venture impossible. Robert Fulton became the target for criticism and derision, harsh and unfeeling. Yet his famous Clermont not only made the run (150 miles in 32 hours), it effectively silenced the critics and jesters and inaugurated an era of steamship development. Although the model is small, it is designed to scale and retains all the important details of the original Clermont.

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