North River Steamboat, the first commercially successful paddle-driven steamship, built in 1807
His father, Paul A. Sabbation, was a close friend of Robert Fulton, prepared plans and specifications for The Clermont.
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The early lead in practical steamboats established by William Symington in 1803 with the Charlotte Dundas in Scotland was not maintained, and the first steamboat passenger service was established in the United States in 1807 by Robert Fulton with his North River Steamboat on the Hudson River, using an engine manufactured in Birmingham.