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fitch, john

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Fitch   (fĭch)   
American steamboat pioneer whose early designs (1787-1790) were successful but received insufficient financial backing for large-scale production.
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Fitch, John

pioneer of American steamboat transportation who produced serviceable steamboats before Robert Fulton.

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