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Original bio prior to transfer on Aug 30, 2018 is below.
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Son of Stephen and Lucy Tufts.
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Additions to original bio after Aug 30, 2018 follow:
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From Mary Lou Winroth (#47693877), a descendant, on September 7, 2018:
From the website, The Museum for the Preservation of Elevating History, " Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1804, and at the age of 21, went to Lowell to begin his career as a machinist and inventor. He perfected and built printing presses, and in 1837, constructed the first steam-operated press in the US. He is credited with introducing the features of the double-hulled iron steam ship and built and launched in East Boston the first vessel constructed wholly of iron in the US, the plans of which were drawn by the famous John Erickson. Tufts also invented the steam pile driver but is most widely known for his "Vertical Screw Railway," several of which were installed in New York City and in Philadelphia. He also originated the idea of using two or more cables attached to elevator cars by equalizers, the first of this type being installed in the American House in Boston in 1868. He died in 1869 at the age of 65.
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In 2010, Joseph Seamans, living and the 3rd Great-Grandson of Otis, produced a short video on elevators:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/elevator-myth.html
Related articles discuss the invention of the elevator, and although Otis Tufts had a patent, the vertical screw was not practical, and Elisha Otis was the founder of the "Otis Elevator Company".
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-elevator1.htm
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Original bio prior to transfer on Aug 30, 2018 is below.
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Son of Stephen and Lucy Tufts.
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Additions to original bio after Aug 30, 2018 follow:
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From Mary Lou Winroth (#47693877), a descendant, on September 7, 2018:
From the website, The Museum for the Preservation of Elevating History, " Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1804, and at the age of 21, went to Lowell to begin his career as a machinist and inventor. He perfected and built printing presses, and in 1837, constructed the first steam-operated press in the US. He is credited with introducing the features of the double-hulled iron steam ship and built and launched in East Boston the first vessel constructed wholly of iron in the US, the plans of which were drawn by the famous John Erickson. Tufts also invented the steam pile driver but is most widely known for his "Vertical Screw Railway," several of which were installed in New York City and in Philadelphia. He also originated the idea of using two or more cables attached to elevator cars by equalizers, the first of this type being installed in the American House in Boston in 1868. He died in 1869 at the age of 65.
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In 2010, Joseph Seamans, living and the 3rd Great-Grandson of Otis, produced a short video on elevators:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/elevator-myth.html
Related articles discuss the invention of the elevator, and although Otis Tufts had a patent, the vertical screw was not practical, and Elisha Otis was the founder of the "Otis Elevator Company".
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-elevator1.htm
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Original bio prior to transfer on Aug 30, 2018 is below.
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Son of Stephen and Lucy Tufts.
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Additions to original bio after Aug 30, 2018 follow:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Mary Lou Winroth (#47693877), a descendant, on September 7, 2018:
From the website, The Museum for the Preservation of Elevating History, " Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1804, and at the age of 21, went to Lowell to begin his career as a machinist and inventor. He perfected and built printing presses, and in 1837, constructed the first steam-operated press in the US. He is credited with introducing the features of the double-hulled iron steam ship and built and launched in East Boston the first vessel constructed wholly of iron in the US, the plans of which were drawn by the famous John Erickson. Tufts also invented the steam pile driver but is most widely known for his "Vertical Screw Railway," several of which were installed in New York City and in Philadelphia. He also originated the idea of using two or more cables attached to elevator cars by equalizers, the first of this type being installed in the American House in Boston in 1868. He died in 1869 at the age of 65.
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In 2010, Joseph Seamans, living and the 3rd Great-Grandson of Otis, produced a short video on elevators:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/elevator-myth.html
Related articles discuss the invention of the elevator, and although Otis Tufts had a patent, the vertical screw was not practical, and Elisha Otis was the founder of the "Otis Elevator Company".
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-elevator1.htm
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Original bio prior to transfer on Aug 30, 2018 is below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Son of Stephen and Lucy Tufts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Additions to original bio after Aug 30, 2018 follow:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Mary Lou Winroth (#47693877), a descendant, on September 7, 2018:
From the website, The Museum for the Preservation of Elevating History, " Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1804, and at the age of 21, went to Lowell to begin his career as a machinist and inventor. He perfected and built printing presses, and in 1837, constructed the first steam-operated press in the US. He is credited with introducing the features of the double-hulled iron steam ship and built and launched in East Boston the first vessel constructed wholly of iron in the US, the plans of which were drawn by the famous John Erickson. Tufts also invented the steam pile driver but is most widely known for his "Vertical Screw Railway," several of which were installed in New York City and in Philadelphia. He also originated the idea of using two or more cables attached to elevator cars by equalizers, the first of this type being installed in the American House in Boston in 1868. He died in 1869 at the age of 65.
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In 2010, Joseph Seamans, living and the 3rd Great-Grandson of Otis, produced a short video on elevators:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/elevator-myth.html
Related articles discuss the invention of the elevator, and although Otis Tufts had a patent, the vertical screw was not practical, and Elisha Otis was the founder of the "Otis Elevator Company".
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-elevator1.htm
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[Pink granite monument with urn and shroud of death on top]
Otis Tufts
1804 - 1869
Sarah O. Tufts
1803 - 1868
Father & Mother
Family Members
Siblings
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