Hamilton’s Secret Steam Power: How a Painter Built America’s Engine - Steam Culture
Alexander Hamilton: founding father, Treasury genius, Broadway icon.
But what if his biggest partner in building America wasn’t in politics — it was in steam? Meet Robert Fulton, an artist-turned-engineer who turned Hamilton’s industrial dream into motion.
Two men.
One blueprint.
One engine that changed everything.
👉 Stay to the end to see how they’re still linked — even in death.
Chapters:
00:00 Hamilton & Fulton — Two Visionaries
00:30 The Painter Who Built Power
01:00 Steam Changes Everything
02:00 Hamilton’s Industrial Blueprint
02:45 America Moves Forward
03:00 Linked Forever in History
But what if his biggest partner in building America wasn’t in politics — it was in steam? Meet Robert Fulton, an artist-turned-engineer who turned Hamilton’s industrial dream into motion.
Two men.
One blueprint.
One engine that changed everything.
👉 Stay to the end to see how they’re still linked — even in death.
Chapters:
00:00 Hamilton & Fulton — Two Visionaries
00:30 The Painter Who Built Power
01:00 Steam Changes Everything
02:00 Hamilton’s Industrial Blueprint
02:45 America Moves Forward
03:00 Linked Forever in History
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