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The wreck was promptly recovered and rebuilt, and in August, 

 1803, the trial-trip was made in presence of a large party of invited 



guests. 



Fig. 50. Water-tube Boiler of Fulton and Barlow, 1793. 



88. The experiment was sufficiently successful to induce Fulton 

 and Livingston to order an engine f Messrs. Boulton and Watt, 

 directing it to be sent to America, where Livingston soon returned. 

 In 1806 Fulton followed, reaching New York in December, and at 

 once going to work on the vessel for which the English firm sent the 

 engine, without being informed of its intended use. 



In the spring of 1807 the Clermont (Fig. 51), as the new boat 



Fig. 51 The Clermont, 1807. 



was christened, was launched from the ship-yard of Charles Brown, 

 on the East River, New York. 



In August, the machinery was on board, and in successful opera- 

 tion. The hull of this boat was one hundred and thirty-three feet 

 long, eighteen feet beam, and seven feet in depth. 



The boat soon afterward made a trip to Albany, making the dis- 



