Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress (1906)
Goddard, Dwight, 1861-1939 · New York, The Derry-Collard company · leaf 56
ens, from this time on, used his very great wealthand influence to break down the Fulton monopoly. In 1811 they established the first steam ferry fromNew York to Hoboken to be a part of their stage andexpress line to Philadelphia. In 1812 he advocated, before the Erie Canal Com-mission, a… … By the kinJness ofCol. E. A. Stevers 54 Stevens. and statesmanlike, but were unheeded. In 1830 the SouthCaroHna railroad was successfully built on these sameplans. In 1813 he designed the double-hull ferry-boat, withone internal wheel operated by horse power. In 1815 he, with his sons, secured the…
Engineers · Inventors
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
