first serial, Triton (1961, re-made in 1968), two British naval officers, Captain Belwether and Lieutenant Lamb, are involved in spying on Fulton while he is working for the French. In the sequel, Pegasus (1969), they are surprised to find themselves working with Fulton after he changed sides. In the 1961 series, Fulton was played by Reed De Rouen, in the 1968 and 1969 series he was played by Robert Cawdron. A Robert Fulton cartoon character appears in the 1955 Casper the Friendly Ghost short film Red, White, and Boo. Author James McGee used Fulton's experiments in early submarine warfare (against wooden warships) as a major plot element in his 2006 novel Ratcatcher. Invasion (2009), the tenth novel in the "Kydd" naval warfare series by Julian Stockwin, uses Fulton and his submarine as an important plot element. Until 2016, Disney Springs at Walt Disney World had a restaurant named Fulton's Crab House with a building in the shape of a steamboat. Gallery Publications Torpedo war, and submarine explosions published 1810. A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation , 1796. From the University of Georgia Libraries in DjVu & layered PDF formats. A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation 1796. From Rare Book Room. See also Experiment (horse powered boat) References Sources This article contains content first published in 1909 as Old Steamboat Days on The Hudson River. External links Robert Fulton Birthplace Photos of Fulton's Birthplace CHAPTER XIII: ROBERT FULTON in Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made (1871), by James D. McCabe, Jr., Illustrated by G. F. and E. B. Bensell, a Project Gutenberg eBook. Examples of art by Robert Fulton at the Art Renewal Center Archived from the original. Booknotes interview with Kirkpatrick Sale on The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream, November 25, 2001. Collection of Robert Fulton manuscripts – digital facsimile from the Linda Hall Library 1765 births 1815 deaths Engineers from Pennsylvania American inventors Submarine pioneers Erie Canal Commissioners People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis People of colonial Pennsylvania Hall of Fame for Great Americans inductees Burials at Trinity Church Cemetery Tuberculosis deaths in New York (state)