Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
An 1806 portrait of Fulton
Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
A drawing of Fulton's invention Nautilus
Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
Fulton's 1806 submarine design for the U.S. government
Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
An 1803 bust of Fulton by Jean-Antoine Houdon
Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
Location and plaque of Fulton's August 9, 1803, experiment
Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
A 1918 commemorative plaque of Fulton in the port of Rouen, thanking the United States for their involvement in World War I
Little Britain, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, November 14, 1765
New York City, February 24, 1815
engineer and inventor
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton (with Samuel F. B. Morse) depicted on the reverse of the 1896 $2 Silver Certificate from the United States Treasury