Comet (1813 steamboat)
The steamboat Comet was the second steamboat to navigate the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Comet's owner was Daniel D. Smith and she was launched in 1813 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With an engine and power train designed and built by Daniel French, the Comet was the first of the Western steamboats to be powered by a horizontal high-pressure engine with its piston rod connected to a stern paddle wheel. Smith was the first to defy the steamboat monopoly in Orleans Territory granted to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton.
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Comet (1813 steamboat)
The steamboat Comet was the second steamboat to navigate the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Comet's owner was Daniel D. Smith and she was launched in 1813 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With an engine and power train designed and built by Daniel French, the Comet was the first of the Western steamboats to be powered by a horizontal high-pressure engine with its piston rod connected to a stern paddle wheel. Smith was the first to defy the steamboat monopoly in Orleans Territory granted to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton.
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The steamboat Comet was the se ...... Livingston and Robert Fulton.
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1814-07-03
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Decommissioned after engine was removed.
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*The Comet was built and launc ...... nd power train at Brownsville.
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United States
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Decommissioned after engine was removed.
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June, 1813
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Winter, 1813
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Spring, 1813
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Comet
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*The Comet was the second stea ...... nted to Livingston and Fulton.
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Ship owner
Daniel D. Smith
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Ship propulsion
*One steam engine
*One paddlewheel at stern
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