Granville Woods
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Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 ā 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. One of his inventions is the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a variation of the induction telegraph that relied on ambient static electricity from existing telegraph lines to send messages between train stations and moving trains.[3]
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Granville Tailer Woods | |
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Born | (1856-04-23)April 23, 1856 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
Died | January 30, 1910(1910-01-30) (aged 53) New York City, United States |
Resting place | St. Michael's (Episcopalian) Cemetery, East Elmhurst, New York |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Inventor |
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