New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . T. &. W. MBrcein,T^«ut. 93 Gold S» • 130 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. pounds, and with improved machinery a trial tripwas projected. Owing to a severe storm the ex-periment was delayed, in the meantime the boattaking fire and sinking. Repairs being made, atest in December, 1789, showed the boat capableof running a mile in seven and a half minutes. From June to September, 1790, the steamboatran as a packet from Philadelphia, making thetrip to Trenton upon one day and returning thenext, with Sunday trips to Chester. During theautumn
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . T. &. W. MBrcein,T^«ut. 93 Gold S» • 130 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. pounds, and with improved machinery a trial tripwas projected. Owing to a severe storm the ex-periment was delayed, in the meantime the boattaking fire and sinking. Repairs being made, atest in December, 1789, showed the boat capableof running a mile in seven and a half minutes. From June to September, 1790, the steamboatran as a packet from Philadelphia, making thetrip to Trenton upon one day and returning thenext, with Sunday trips to Chester. During theautumn a second steamboat was partially com-pleted by the Philadelphia promoters, when astorm tore the vessel from its moorings, and, castashore upon Pettys Island, she lay bleaching, afitting companion to the wreck of the Revolution-ary frigate Alliance. In 1795 the machinery ofthe steamboat was sold at auction, and Fitch, hav-ing transferred his plan of operations, in 1796, exhibited a small steamboat on the waters ofthe Collect Pond, on the site of the present CityHall Park of New York. Except for the attemptsof Oliver Evans to dr
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