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Oliver Evans and the Orukter Amphibolis p.62
  Oliver Evans and the Orukter Amphibolis p.62
 
            
 
Oliver Evans's Orukter Amphibolis was the first steam-powered vehicle to run on land and in the water.

 
  Who Made America?
Learn more about Oliver Evans's inventions and how they influenced business in America.
Oliver Evans
Read a biography of this inventor and look at some of his designs.
The Orukter Amphibolis
See a painting of Evans's boat from the U.S. Capitol building.


            
 
 


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