He attended the Dutchess County Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York. He married Celestine Butters on 30 September 1871 at the bride's home in San Francisco, California. Stephen invented the multiple call district telephone box in 1874, the electric elevator in 1878, the idea of the trolley car in 1879, the first application of the dynamo machines for telegraphy in 1879, the dynamo quadruplex telegraph in 1880, and the fast stock ticker in 1880. He was the involved in the first application of a quadruplex telegraph on an ocean cable from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. He was listed as an inventor in the electrical industry on the 1910 census record.
He attended the Dutchess County Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York. He married Celestine Butters on 30 September 1871 at the bride's home in San Francisco, California. Stephen invented the multiple call district telephone box in 1874, the electric elevator in 1878, the idea of the trolley car in 1879, the first application of the dynamo machines for telegraphy in 1879, the dynamo quadruplex telegraph in 1880, and the fast stock ticker in 1880. He was the involved in the first application of a quadruplex telegraph on an ocean cable from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. He was listed as an inventor in the electrical industry on the 1910 census record.
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Stephen Dudley Field
Born Jan 31, 1846
Died May 18, 1913
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