While the invention of the steamboat is often attributed to American inventor Robin Fulton credit should really go to John Fitch Fitch built four steam boats in the late 18th century these boats traveled successfully on legs and rivers and proved that steam could be used to propel boats this boats include more traditional elements as well such as paddle wheels and screw propellers by blending tried and true methods of proclusions the new technology fish created a functioning steamboats he forfeited his place in American memory do not do any mechanical failures but to financial ones his production operation costs were too high to make steam travel economically feasible as a result many people have forgotten his role in the invention of the steamboat it wasn't until after his death that Robert Fulton created a commercially successful steambo and became known as the father of steam navigation which of the following sentences should be included in the summary of the text
"John Fitch built four steamboats in the late 18th century that successfully traveled on legs and rivers, proving that steam could be used to propel boats."
The sentence that should be included in the summary of the text is: "Fitch built four steam boats in the late 18th century, and these boats traveled successfully on lakes and rivers, proving that steam could be used to propel boats."
