Robert Fulton - Posthumous Honors

Posthumous Honors

In 1816, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania donated a marble statue of Fulton to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the US Capitol Building. Fulton was also honored for his development of steamship technology in New York City's Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. A replica of his first steam-powered steam vessel, the Clermont, was built for the occasion.

Many places in the U.S. are named for Robert Fulton, including:

  • Clermont Elementary School, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PA
  • Fulton Elementary School, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PA
  • Robert Fulton School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fulton Elementary School, Dubuque, IA
  • Robert Fulton Fire Company, Fulton Township, Lancaster County PA
  • Robert Fulton Highway, Lancaster County, PA
  • Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA
  • Robert Fulton Drive in Columbia, Maryland
  • Robert Fulton Drive in Reston, Virginia
  • Fulton Avenue in Sacramento
  • Fulton Street in Brooklyn
  • Fulton Street in Manhattan
  • Fulton Center in New York City
  • Fulton Street in Massapequa Park, New York City
  • Fulton Street in New Orleans
  • Fulton Street in Alcoa, Tennessee
  • Fulton Street in San Francisco
  • Fulton Street in Anaheim, CA
  • Fulton County, Ohio
  • Fulton County, Georgia
  • Fulton County, Indiana
  • Fulton County, Kentucky
  • Fulton County, Illinois
  • Fulton County, Pennsylvania
  • Fulton County, New York
  • Fulton, Mississippi
  • Fulton, Missouri
  • Fulton, Arkansas
  • Fulton, Oswego County, New York
  • Fulton, Schoharie County, New York
  • Fultonham, Ohio
  • Fultonville, New York
  • Fulton, Maryland
  • Fulton Hall, State Quad, University at Albany SUNY
  • Fulton Park, New York City

Also, five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Fulton in honor of Robert Fulton.

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