A home geography of New York city . ore than two hundred yearsafter the first Dutch traders landed on Manhattan. In later yearsa canal was dug from Collect pond to the Hudson river. This canal 202 ROBEKT FULTON 203 was afterward filled in, and is now known as Canal street. Theoutlet to the East river was also filled in. The first steamboat in New York was built on the shores ofCollect pond in 1796. The inventor was John Fitch, a soldier ofthe Revolution. He was poor, and being unable to obtain financialhelp could not make a success of his invention. Robert Fulton was a more fortunate inventor.
A home geography of New York city . ore than two hundred yearsafter the first Dutch traders landed on Manhattan. In later yearsa canal was dug from Collect pond to the Hudson river. This canal 202 ROBEKT FULTON 203 was afterward filled in, and is now known as Canal street. Theoutlet to the East river was also filled in. The first steamboat in New York was built on the shores ofCollect pond in 1796. The inventor was John Fitch, a soldier ofthe Revolution. He was poor, and being unable to obtain financialhelp could not make a success of his invention. Robert Fulton was a more fortunate inventor. A rich NewYork gentleman was interested in his inventions and they becamepartners. Fulton built the first steamboat that was of practical usefor freight and passengers. It was built in Manhattan, and henamed it The Clennont. On the morning of August 11, 1807, TheClermont started on her trial trip up the Hudson river to trip was successful, and steamboats replaced the old sailingvessels where greater speed was Fultons Ferryboat, Olive Branch Built in 183G CHAPTER XLIII samuel f. b. morse The Inventor of the Electric Telegraph Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, began life as an artist. He was a professor in the New York University on Washington square. The University is now in The Bronx, but ^ a part of the building on the site of ^./#^fe^~-^ the old university is used for lecture purposes still. While teaching in the UniversityMorse invented the electric and another jDrofessor were partners,but neither had the money necessaryto carry out Morses ideas. One day4- a student named Alfred Vail happened .s^^^^^^^^^^ to enter the professors room when they were showing then machine to someSamuel f. b. Morse gentlemen. Young Vail was the son of a wealthy mill owner and had workedin his fathers shop. He was a good mechanic and soon under-stood the value of the new invention, — the first electric telegraphin the world. He prop
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