Who built the first successful commercial steamboat?
Robert Fulton's Clermont began the first successful commercial steamboat service in 1807, running up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany.
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Was Mark Twain a riverboat pilot?
Mark Twain worked as a licensed Mississippi River steamboat pilot.