The John Fitch Steamboat Museum will be open to the public the second Sunday of each month from noon to 3 p.m. Group tours will be given by reservation. For more information, ...

This article was originally published with the title “ John Fitch's Steamboat Experiment on Collect Pond ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 44 No. 23 (June 1881), p. 359 doi:10.1038 ...

On Aug. 26, 1791, John Fitch and James Rumsey, rivals battling over claims to the invention, were each granted a federal patent for the steamboat.

The next year, however, John Fitch and Robert Fulton received a patent for their larger vessel. In 1806, Fitch and Hudson successfully sailed their steamboat, The Clermont, up the Hudson River.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nobody’s exactly sure when the engine in the belly of the Belle of Louisville was built. The best guess is around 1890. What is known for certain is that it was solidl… ...

Some credit American John Fitch, who steamed on the Delaware River near Philadelphia in 1786. One Morey admirer complained that the paddles on Fitch’s boat propelled it “in the manner of a ...

After more than three years of planning, the John Fitch Steamboat Museum, located on the grounds of historic Craven Hall in Warminster, was unveiled Saturday morning in front a group of local ...