Granville T. Woods: Inventor
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| Audience/Grade: | 0-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Engineering Diversity General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
Black and African American Scientists and Engineers |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - General |
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| Description: | This is a case study of an historical African American engineer or inventor. "Born in Columbus, Ohio in April 23, 1856, Woods literally learned his skills on the job. Attending school in Columbus until age 10, he served an apprenticeship in a machine shop and learned the trades of machinist and blacksmith. During his youth he also went to night school and took private lessons. Even though he had to leave formal school at age ten Granville Woods realized that learning and education were essential for developing critical skills, abilities that would allow him to express his creativity with machinery. On the railroad. In 1872 he obtained a job as a fireman on the Danville and Southern railroad in Missouri, eventually becoming an engineer. He invested his spare time in studying electronics. In 1874 Woods moved to Springfield, Illinois worked in a rolling mill. He moved to the East in 1876 and worked part time in a machine shop. He took a mechanical engineering course in an eastern college. In 1878, he became an engineer aboard the Ironsides, a British steamer, and, within two years, he became Chief Engineer of the steamer. Even with this background and all his engineering skill he was unable to get anywhere in these jobs. His travels and experiences led him to settle in Cincinnati, Ohio. But Granville T. Woods was a great electrician and an inventive genius. His talents could not go unnoticed. Woods invented fifteen appliances for electric railways. Granville Woods received his first patent in 1884 on an improved steam boiler furnace." He went on to patent over thirty-five electrical and mechanical inventions. Keywords: African American or Black Engineer, ethnic diversity |
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| Use of Resource: |
Promoting Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion This resource is part of a larger collection on African American Scientists, Engineers and Inventors called See "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences". This series is a useful set of cases that show the contributions of early African American engineers and inventors. Go to: http://www.needs.org/needs/view.jhtml?id=E863B803-EE62-48B9-BFB0-BDCC9B01FF51 |
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| Publication Date: | February 2005 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/woods.html |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Copyright 1999 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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