Talk:Henry Eckford (steamboat)

A fact from Henry Eckford (steamboat) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Henry Eckford, built in New York in 1824, was the world's first steamship to be powered by a compound engine?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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Hello I added a {{citations needed}} Template to this due to the way it is missing them in the first paragraph!

Deunick (talk) 22:52, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted. It is already cited by several sources in the article. Per WP:LEAD, the lead is just a recap of the body; anything in the lead should already be cited in the body and therefore does not need to be re-cited. maclean (talk) 23:08, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]