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The Age of Invention

CHAPTER III
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But the Phoenix, built by John Stevens, followed close on the Clermont.

And its engines were built in America, while those of the Clermont had been imported from England.

Moreover, in June, 1808, the Phoenix stood to sea, and made the first ocean voyage in the history of steam navigation.

Because of a monopoly of the Hudson, which the New York Legislature had granted to Livingston and Fulton, Stevens was compelled to send his ship to the Delaware.

Hence the trip out into the waters of the Atlantic, a journey that was not undertaken without trepidation.


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