The United States was the first country to create commercially viable steamships. The first commercially successful steamboat was Robert Fulton's North River, which first sailed in this river.

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The North River, later renamed the Clermont, was first sailed by Robert Fulton on the Hudson River in 1807, making it the first commercially successful steamboat in the world.

The United States Was the First Country to Create Commercially