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Henry Bell

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Engineer
Died
Mar 14, 1830
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
Scotland
About
Initially famous for building a triple horsepower-engine steamboat called the Comet, Bell ultimately launched Europe's debut commercial steamboat enterprise. Tragically, the collision of his second steamboat, the Comet II, with a similar vessel resulted in the deaths of some five dozen passengers.
Family
A native of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland, Bell was the fifth boy born to Patrick and Margaret Bell. Following his marriage, he settled in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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