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Otto Kuhler

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American designer (1894-1977)

GermanyArtistsLived 1894 to 1977 · aged 83
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Otto August Kuhler was an American designer, one of the best known industrial designers of the American railroads. According to Trains magazine he streamstyled more locomotives and railroad cars than Cret, Dreyfuss and Loewy combined.

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ALCO 4-6-4 class F7 steam locomotive streamstyled by Otto Kuhler for Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha trainsALCO 4-6-4 class F7 steam locomotive streamstyled by Otto Kuhler for Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha trainsKuhler's patent of subway car filed 1947 (copied by NYC R11)Kuhler's patent of subway car filed 1947 (copied by NYC R11)

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Otto August Kuhler was an American designer, one of the best known industrial designers of the American railroads. According to Trains magazine he streamstyled more locomotives and railroad cars than Cret, Dreyfuss and Loewy combined. His extensive concepts for the modernization of the American railroads have repercussions onto the railways worldwide until today. In addition he was a prolific artist of industrial aesthetics and of the American West in general.

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Germany
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1894 to 1977 · aged 83
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