Phoenix (1808)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Fuel, Steam, Paddle Wheel United States 1808
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
101 Unknown

Designed by John Stevens; built in Hoboken, NJ; first successful sea passage of any paddle wheel steamship (along New Jersey coast) after not being allowed to operate on the Hudson River because of Fulton/Livingston monopoly.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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