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SUMMARY:Engineers Presentation: Building the First "Steamship" in History
DESCRIPTION:About the Event:\n\n\n\nIn 1807\, a brilliant\, creative\, and controversial American by the name of Robert Fulton declared his intent to build an experimental “steamboat” which would be used to initiate a continuous passenger service between New York City and Albany\, New York.  With the success of his North River Steam Boat\, Fulton showed that it was possible to use an artificial power to alter a person’s location and the amount of time it took to change it.  In so doing\, he also broke through the enormous psychological barrier that had existed in people’s minds; it was\, in fact\, possible to overcome Nature to practical effect.\n \n\n\n\nIt took time for many people to accept Robert Fulton’s triumph as the truth.\n \n\n\n\nOne man who did not need to be convinced was a sloop captain named Moses Rogers.  He had witnessed the first successful runs of the North River Steam Boat to Albany\, and the experience gave him the fever–steamboat fever.\n \n\n\n\nMoses soon became one of the first steamboat captains in history\, taking command of one of Fulton’s first rivals\, the Phoenix.  In his new profession\, Moses learned not only the technicalities of this revolutionary invention\, but the peculiarities of a traveling public just getting used to this new mode of transport.  \n \n\n\n\nIn the years immediately following Fulton’s success\, running these steamboats on rivers\, lakes and bays became a normal and accepted part of American life.  But taking such a vessel on a voyage across the ocean was a different proposition altogether.  Experienced mariners didn’t think it could be done.  These early steamboats\, they declared\, were just too flimsy and unwieldy to withstand the dangers of the deep.\n \n\n\n\nBut Moses believed otherwise.  Combining his knowledge of the old mode of transport (sail) with the new mode of transport (steam)\, he set out to design a vessel that was capable of overcoming the many dangers of the sea.  This craft would be not a steamboat\, but a “steamship\,” the first of its kind.  She was named Savannah.\n \n\n\n\nThis Engineers Presentation will show how Captain Rogers designed and built this revolutionary vessel…two centuries ago!\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter:\n\n\n\nJohn Laurence Busch is an independent historian who focuses upon the interaction between humanity and technology\, specializing in the first generation of steam-powered vessels.  He has devoted years of research to discovering the true story of Captain Moses Rogers and the steamship Savannah.\n \n\n\n\nThe result is STEAM COFFIN\, described by numerous book reviewers as the definitive account of what truly is America’s sea saga.\n \n\n\n\nSTEAM COFFIN has received positive book reviews from more than two dozen periodicals in the United States\, Canada\, the United Kingdom and Australia.\n\n\nJohn has made over 400 presentations on Captain Rogers and the Savannah to a wide variety of audiences\, stretching from Maine to Puerto Rico to California\, and across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.\nFor additional background\, visit www.steamcoffin.com.\n \n\n\n\nAbout the Venue:\n\n\n\nThe event will be hosted at Discovery World Science + Technology Center. Parking is available on-site for $6\, and as an added bonus\, museum exhibit access is included in registration for this event! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration………1/24/2021-1/31/2021Presentations……At Your Convenience  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Fees \n\n\n\nSAE Members …………………………..$10 Retirees …………………………………….$5Guests/Non-members……………. $10Students ………………………………….. FREE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Deadline: January 31st\, 9:30amDonation Deadline: January 31st\, 12:00pm (Noon)Maximum Attendance: N/AWays to Sign-Up: \n\n\n\nBy phone: Randy Hoffman – (920) 397-6644By email: Garrett Herning –sae@c2cintegration.comOnline: SAE Square Site
URL:https://milwaukeesae.com/event/engineers-presentation-building-the-first-steamship-in-history/
LOCATION:Discovery World\, 500 N Harbor Dr\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53202\, United States
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