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Warminster Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

John Fitch's Steamboat

 
 
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 2, 2009
1. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
At original location
Inscription. Fitch tested near here a model steamboat in 1785. Before his death in 1798, he built 4 mechanically successful steamboats. The first in the U.S., they proved financial failures, leaving final success of the idea to Robert Fulton.

Adjacent, stone marker:
John Fitch here conceived the idea of the first steamboat. He ran a boat with side wheels by steam on a pond below Davisville, 1785.
Bucks County Historical Society 1902
 
Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1785.
 
Location. 40° 11.476′ N, 75° 4.436′ W. Marker is near Warminster, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is in Warminster Township. Marker is on Newtown Road south of Street Road (Pennsylvania Route 132), on the left when traveling south. Markers were relocated to the grounds of Craven Hall & the John Fitch Steamboat Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 599 Newtown Road, Warminster PA 18974, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Johnsville Naval Air Development Center (about 700 feet away, measured
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in a direct line); Warminster Community Park-Sandpiper (approx. ¼ mile away); The Battle of the Crooked Billet (approx. 0.9 miles away); Crooked Billet (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named Crooked Billet (approx. 1½ miles away); Rev. Alfred Earle (approx. 1½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warminster.
 
More about this marker. The marker was formerly located near 40° 12.411′ N, 75° 5.966′ W, at the intersection of York Road (Pennsylvania Route 263) and Street Road (Pennsylvania Route 132), on the right when traveling north on York Road.
 
Also see . . .
1. James Fitch's Steamboat. ExplorePAHistory.com (Submitted on July 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.) 

2. Craven Hall. (Submitted on April 14, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
 
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 2, 2009
2. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
At original location
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Robert C. Goodyear, circa May 2010
3. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
At original location
John Fitch's Steamboat Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 2, 2009
4. John Fitch's Steamboat Markers
Original location, looking north along York Road.
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 2, 2009
5. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
Original location, looking south toward intersection of PA 132 and PA 263.
John Fitch's Steamboat Markers (Missing) image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
6. John Fitch's Steamboat Markers (Missing)
Original location
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2019
7. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
At new location
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2019
8. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
At new location
John Fitch's Steamboat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2019
9. John Fitch's Steamboat Marker
At new location, Craven Hall in background
John Fitch's Steamboat Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2019
10. John Fitch's Steamboat Markers
At new location
Craven Hall image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2019
11. Craven Hall
Craven Hall Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., April 14, 2019
12. Craven Hall Sign
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,115 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   3. submitted on December 8, 2010, by Robert C. Goodyear of Warminster, Pennsylvania.   4, 5. submitted on August 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   6. submitted on April 10, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on April 14, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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