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How long have steamboats been running on the sea?

Since 1807, then in the United States on the Hudson River, the first steamboat of Robert Fulton, the Claremont, was launched. This steamer was wheeled: it was driven by a pair of large wheels with blades mounted on both sides of the ship.

In 1843, the first propeller steam ship, the Great Britain, appeared. It set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. The first long-distance ocean voyage - from England to Australia - was made in 1859 by the steamer Great Eastern, 211 meters long.

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