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Granville T. Woods

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Granville T. Woods 1856-1910 American engineer and inventor who received approximately sixty patents. Considered the most prolific nineteenth-century African American inventor, Woods innovated and imp... Read more

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Granville T. Woods

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A multi-talented inventor, Granville Woods, dubbed the "black Edison," created the railroad telegraph, a device which transmitted messages between moving train via static electricity. This invention w... Read more

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Granville Woods' Electric Designs

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An elevator ride became a turning point 14 the life of inventor Granville Woods, a peer of visionaries Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Alexander Graham Bell.Elevators needed operators to con... Read more