biography
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Stevens, Robert Livingston
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1787–1856)
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| biography:
| Engineer and inventor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, the son of John Stevens. He began at an early age to assist his father in the design and construction of steamboats, becoming an important figure in naval design. In 1830 he became president and chief engineer of the Camden & Amboy Railroad and Transportation Co. He invented the inverted-T railroad rail and spike, as well as the cow-catcher, and was the first to burn anthracite coal in a locomotive engine. |
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