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June 1790 CE
These oars paddle in a manner similar to the motion of a swimming duck's feet.
With this boat, he carries up to thirty paying passengers on numerous round-trip voyages between Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey during the summer of 1790.
Estimates of miles traveled this summer range from thirteen hundred to three thousand, and Fitch claims that the boat often goes for five hundred miles without mechanical problems.
Estimated speeds are of a minimum six miles per hour under unfavorable conditions, to a maximum of seven or eight miles per hour.