. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The second Fulton steamer, the Raritan, was built in 1808 by Charles Brown of New York after Fulton's design; a plan of this vessel has survived and shows that the Durham boat hull form was retained in her. The plan of the Rarilan in Griffiths" Marine and jYaval Architecture shows a flat-bottomed hull ha\ing' a stem curxed in profile, raking post, no rocker in the bottom, slight sheer, short and rather full entrance, and a short nm. The stern is square and has the same type of platform used in the North River. The side frames amidships
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The second Fulton steamer, the Raritan, was built in 1808 by Charles Brown of New York after Fulton's design; a plan of this vessel has survived and shows that the Durham boat hull form was retained in her. The plan of the Rarilan in Griffiths" Marine and jYaval Architecture shows a flat-bottomed hull ha\ing' a stem curxed in profile, raking post, no rocker in the bottom, slight sheer, short and rather full entrance, and a short nm. The stern is square and has the same type of platform used in the North River. The side frames amidships are straight vertically and the sides flare markedly. The crude plan shows that the side paddle wheels were housed and placed well forward and that the hull was trussed in way of the engine and boiler. The vessel was about 124 feet overall and 21 feet beam at the gimwale, and about 5 feet 6 inches headroom was allowed in the cabins. The wheels were about 15 feet in diameter and the paddles were about 3 feet 9 inches wide. (Custom- house dimensions: 124' .\ 21' x 6'8", 16393^5 tons, eagle figurehead, round tuck, square stern, no galleries.) She was followed by the Car of Neptune, of 295 tons, 157 feet long on the bottom, 171 feet 6 inches on deck, 22 feet beam on the bottom, and 26 feet on deck. This vessel was built in 1808 by Brown, who also Ijuilt the Fulton-designed Paragon, of 331 tons, in 1811. Another steamer, the Firefly, was built in 1812, as was a ferryboat of 118 tons, with ramps at each end. Fulton also designed and supervised construction of the first steam man-of-war for the United States Navy, a catamaran with the paddle wheel between the hulls, 156 feet long, 56 feet beam and 20 feet deep. The paddle wheel was 16 feet diameter and the blades were 12 feet wide. The ship made 5'i miles per hour. Wood \vas used for fuel in these boats; the first known use of coal was in the Car oj Neptune in 1816. After Fulton's \essels had demonstrated the steam- boat to be pr
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