Oliver Evans (NC-71) - Newport, DE
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N 39° 42.851 W 075° 36.367
18S E 448046 N 4396210
Oliver Evans, Inventor and Engineer
Waymark Code: WMFH5C
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2012
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Born in Newport, Delaware, September 13, 1755, son of Charles and Ann Stalcop Evans. Invented automatic machinery for flour mills; first high pressure steam engine adapted to commercial use in America' and first American land vehicle to move under steam power. Died in New York City April 15, 1819.
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