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Granville Tailer Woods

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American inventor

United StatesScientistsLived 1856 to 1910 · aged 53
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Granville Tailer Woods was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.

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Woods improved the Westinghouse air brake and subway tunnelsWoods improved the Westinghouse air brake and subway tunnelsWoods' grave marker in St. Michael's CemeteryWoods' grave marker in St. Michael's Cemetery

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2006National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Granville Tailer Woods was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. 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 allowed trains to send and receive messages while moving.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1856 to 1910 · aged 53
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