Robert Fulton's North River (CLERMONT) Steamboat

[Pete B.]

Has anyone built RC or steam powered models of the "Clermont" Steamboat?

Links to the Hudson River celebrations:

2007 - 200th Anniversary of the Fulton Steamboat "the North River"

http://www.friendsofclermont.org/

2009 - The Hudson-Fulton-Cahamplain Quadricentennial Celebration of the founding & Development of the Hudson River

http://www.exploreny400.com/home.php

http://www.sscolumbia.org/Home.html

The S.S. COLUMBIA was brought to the Hudson River from Detroit. It will be restored and cruise the Hudson once completed. The boat is 207 ft long, 65 ft wide and can carry 2500 passengers.

[Bill Worden]

The steamer Columbia is, indeed, owned by the New York group that hopes to operate her on the Hudson.  She has not, however, left the Detroit area, and is still moored at Ecorse, Michigan.

Bill Worden