Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans (30 September 1751 – 18 July 1832) is claimed to be the first inventor of the steamboat. 1783, Jouffroy d'Abbans made a trial run with a 150-foot boat on the Saone river, France.

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