Granville Tailer Woods | |
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 Illustration of Woods, c. 1887 | |
| Born | April 23, 1856 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Died | January 30, 1910 (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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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. 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]
Granville T. Woods invented and patented Tunnel Construction for the electric railroad system, electrical rollercoasters and multiple newspapers referred to him as the "Black Edison".[4][5][6][7][8]
- ^ "Granville Woods". The Black Inventor On-Line Museum. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012.
- ^ "Interesting Statistics of the Coloured Race". Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner. Yuma, Arizona, United States Of America. May 9, 1912. page 2, column 3.
- ^ "Granville Woods". invent.org. The National Inventors Hall of Fame. 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ "'Black Edison's' Patents". Boston Sunday Journal. Boston, Massachusetts. April 20, 1902. page 2, col. 4.
- ^ "Black Edison". The American Citizen. Kansas City, Kansas. page 1, cols. 1-2.
- ^ "The 'Black Edison'". The Evening Press. Grand Rapids, Michigan. June 7, 1902. page 10, col. 2.
- ^ Baker, Henry E. (November 14, 1903). "Inventions of the Negro". The Coloured American. Washington, D.C. page 3, col. 3 – via Library of Congress, Chronicling America. reprinted from The New York Evening Post (New York City)
- ^ Murray, Daniel (December 30, 1904). "Colour Problem in the United States". The Seattle Republican. Seattle, Washington. p. 2 – via Library of Congress, Chronicling America.