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  1. BornJanuary 21, 1743 · Windsor, Connecticut, US
    DiedJuly 2, 1798 (aged 55) · Bardstown

    John Fitch (inventor) - Wikipedia

    • John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur, and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. The first boat, 45 feet long, was tested on the Delaware River by Fitch and his design assistant Steven Pagano. See more

    Early life

    Fitch was born to Joseph Fitch III and Sarah (Shaler) in Windsor, Connecticut, on January 21, 1743, on a farm that is part of present-day South Windsor, Connecticut. He received little formal schooling and eventually … See more

    Steam-powered boat

    By 1785, Fitch was done surveying and settled in Warminster, Pennsylvania, where he began working on his ideas for a steam-powered boat. Unable to raise funds from the Continental Congress, he persuaded various stat… See more

    Steam locomotive

    While living in Kentucky, Fitch continued to work on steam engine ideas. He built two models. One was lost in a fire in Bardstown, but the other was found in the attic of his daughter's house in Ohio in 1849. That … See more

    Death

    A life of continual failure, frustration, and litigation wore Fitch down. He began drinking heavily once he returned to Bardstown in 1797. Fitch died of an overdose of opium pills in what may have been suicid… See more

    Legacy

    Fitch's legal dispute over state monopoly rights with fellow steamboat inventor James Rumsey and others helped enact the first Patent Act of 1790. He is mentioned in the personal letters of several historical figures, including … See more

    See also

    • Howard Steamboat Museum – includes exhibits about Fitch See more

    External links

    • "JOHN FITCH," by John H. Lienhard
    • John Fitch Steamboat Museum website
    • Texts on Wikisource:
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  2. John Cooper Fitch (August 4, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana – October 31, 2012) was an American racing driver and inventor. He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the post-war era.
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    John Cooper Fitch (August 4, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana – October 31, 2012) was an American racing driver and inventor. He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the post-war era.
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_ (inventor) John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, and silversmith who, in 1787, built the first recorded steam-powered boat in the United States.
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    John Fitch was a pioneer of American steamboat transportation who produced serviceable steamboats before Robert Fulton. Fitch served in the American Revolution (1775–83) and later surveyed land along the Ohio River. Settling in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1785, he became interested in building
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  3. John Fitch (racing driver) - Wikipedia

    John Cooper Fitch (August 4, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana – October 31, 2012) was an American racing driver and inventor. He was the first American to race …

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      Jan 17, 2025 · John Fitch was a pioneer of American steamboat transportation who produced serviceable steamboats before Robert Fulton. Fitch served in the American Revolution (1775–83) and later surveyed land along the Ohio River.

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      While the credit usually goes to inventor Robert Fulton, John Fitch was actually the inventor of America's first steamboat.

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      In April 1785, while living in Warminster and suffering from rheumatism, John Fitch took a painful, four-mile walk home from the Neshaminy Meeting on Bristol Road that changed his life. When a riding chair rode by an inspiration came.

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      On January 21, 1743, American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer John Fitch was born. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States even before Robert Fulton. John Fitch – …

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