The year 1809 was the year of the first public steamship operation in North America. The place was the Hudson River. The operators were artist-engineer Robert Fulton and his financial partner, Robert Livingston. And the ship was the tiny paddle-steamer North River Steamboat, more popularly known as the Clermont after Livingston's estate, which served as the port of registry. The vessel's voyage was a two-day marathon from New York to Albany, a distance of some 130 statute miles; it was also the inauguration of a great river transport tradition that in various forms has endured to this day.
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机译：1809年是北美第一家公共汽船运营的年份。这个地方是哈德逊河。经营者是艺术家-工程师罗伯特·富尔顿和他的财务伙伴罗伯特·利文斯顿。船是小型的轮船蒸笼船North River Steamboat，在利文斯顿的住所之后，它更是俗称的克莱蒙，是注册港口。该船的航行是一次从纽约到奥尔巴尼的为期两天的马拉松比赛，距离约130英里。直到今天，各种形式的内河运输传统也得以延续。
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