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| Keywords: outdoor blackandwhite black and white On 29 Oct 1814, the first steam-powered U.S. Navy warship, Fulton, was launched at New York City. Commissioned in June 1816, she carried President James Monroe on a day cruise in New York Harbor a year later. For her career, she was either laid up or, after 1825, employed as a floating barracks. In June 1829, Fulton was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion. Steam Battery "Fulton" (1814). Launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814. Engraving published by B. Tanner, No. 71 South 3rd. St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27 March 1815. It is based on a drawing by J.J. Barralet after a sketch "taken on the spot" by Morgan. Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 53969. On 29 Oct 1814, the first steam-powered U.S. Navy warship, Fulton, was launched at New York City. Commissioned in June 1816, she carried President James Monroe on a day cruise in New York Harbor a year later. For her career, she was either laid up or, after 1825, employed as a floating barracks. In June 1829, Fulton was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion. Steam Battery "Fulton" (1814). Launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814. Engraving published by B. Tanner, No. 71 South 3rd. St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27 March 1815. It is based on a drawing by J.J. Barralet after a sketch "taken on the spot" by Morgan. Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 53969. | ||||
