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Major American ironworking and machine shop site, operating from 1818 to early 20thC. It became most famous for its production of Parrott rifle artillery and other munitions, although it also manufactured a variety of iron products for civilian use. 1818 Cold Spring New York United States West Point Foundry Preserve A/V tour (Scenic Hudson).
Whitcomb L. Judson was an American mechanical engineer from Chicago who was the first to invent, conceive of the idea, and to construct a workable zipper. [35] Using a hook-and-eye device, Judson intended for this earliest form of the zipper to be used on shoes.
Official credit for the invention of the electric trolley pole has gone to an American, Frank J. Sprague, who devised his working system in Richmond, Virginia, in 1888. [270] Known as the Richmond Union Passenger Railway , this 12-mile system was the first large-scale trolley line in the world, opening to great fanfare on February 12, 1888.
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. [1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. [2] Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.
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Rhodes, Edward, ed. Engineering America: The Rise of the American Professional Class, 1838–1920 (Washington: Westphalia Press, 2014) 142 pp. Smith, Edgar C. A short history of naval and marine engineering (Cambridge University Press, 2013) Usher, Abbott Payson. A History of Mechanical Invention (2nd ed. 1954), 450 pp. online review
Public Domain. Henry Ford is known for many things — the most prominent being mass-manufactured cars and paying workers respectable wages. But his first automobile, made in 1896, was powered by ...