NAME:
Granville T. Woods
BORN: April 23, 1856
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
born...Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County)
eventually settled in Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
OCCUPATION: inventor
DIED:January 30, 1910, New York, New York
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FAST FACTS:
Woods patented over 60 different inventions. A significant number were eventually sold to companies like General Electric, Westinghouse, and Bell Telephone. Probably his most famous invention was a system for proximity warning system for trains. It represented a major safety breakthough in rail transportation.
Woods didn't attend school beyond age ten.
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