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Hull Work in Bath
- When
- 1785
- Where
- Bath, Virginia
Work on a hull began in 1785 in Bath by Joseph Barnes, Rumsey's assistant; the source does not label the vessel a steamboat.
In 1785, work on a hull began in Bath by Joseph Barnes. The supplied passage describes this hull work without characterizing it as a steamboat, so any link to steam-powered vessels is interpretive. In the summer of 1785, while Rumsey and Barnes were assembling the boat, Benjamin Franklin wrote of propelling a boat by water jet. The year-precision date and Bath locality are supported by the passages.
Sources
- James Rumsey Wikipedia, revision of 2025-12-17
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