Ross Winans
From Graces Guide
Ross Winans (1796-1877) was an American inventor, mechanic, and builder of locomotives and railroad machinery. He is also noted for design of pioneering cigar-hulled ships. Winans, one of the United States' first multi-millionaires, was also involved politics and was a vehement States' rights advocate.
Died aged 81 in 1877 in Baltimore.
In 1858 Patent No. 1386 was granted to Ross Winans and Thomas Winans for a 'New and Useful Improvement in the form of the Hulls of Steam Vessels.'[1]
1877 Obituary [2]
1877 Obituary [3]
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