The story of the role played by New Jersey in the steam transport revolution of the 1800s is filled with many firsts. Some are proudly remembered; some we would just as soon forget.
On the water, John Finch operated a steamboat on the Delaware River 20 years before Robert Fulton and his famous Clermont cruised the Hudson River. In 2011, David J. Fowler wrote for a railroad exhibit that was being presented at Rutgers University about John Stevens.
“In 1812, (Stevens) wrote the first American publication promoting the advantage of ‘steam carriages’ over canals,…
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