Robert Fulton collaborated with Robert Livingston in 1807 to build the North River Steamboat. This boat, which later acquired the colloquial name Clermont, became the first ship to show the feasibility of using steam propulsion in commercial water transport. This was something revolutionary that greatly improved and expedited the trips made in 1807.
The reason is that there is a water shortage happening there. They needed to conserve water and be supplied from sources. Right now there are strict measures in the use of water in that area to ensure that it does not go to waste.
after the civil war the south was thrown into chaos almost the whole of its industry relied on slavery so once it was taken away the south was very poor
