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John Fitch Steamboat Museum, Warminster, PA

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John Fitch Steamboat Museum

A small museum on the grounds of Craven Hall in Bucks County that honors inventor John Fitch and his early steamboat.

Southeast Corner of Newtown & Street Roads, Warminster, PA 18974 · Warminster, PA

About John Fitch Steamboat Museum

The museum is run by a nonprofit linked to the Craven Hall Historical Society and aims to teach visitors about John Fitch's inventions and life. Its centerpiece is a six-foot, steam-operated model of the first steamboat to carry both passengers and freight. That vessel ran several round trips weekly on the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Trenton in 1790. The site sits on the grounds of Craven Hall in Warminster Township.

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