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A record was set on July 13, 1928, when seven men were executed consecutively in the electric chair at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. [ 32 ] On June 16, 1944, an African-American teenager, 14-year-old George Stinney , became the youngest person ever executed in the electric chair when he was electrocuted at the Central ...
U.S. patent 2,475,842 was issued on July 12, 1949 – Starter generator. U.S. patent 2,475,843 was issued on July 12, 1949 – Means operated by a starter generator for cooling a gas engine. U.S. patent 2,477,377 was issued on July 26, 1949 – Means for thermostatically operating gas engines.
The Kentucky Department of Corrections is a state agency of the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet that operates state-owned adult correctional facilities and provides oversight for and sets standards for county jails. They also provide training, community based services, and oversees the state's Probation & Parole Division.
Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader.His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light in 1923, [1] and a protective 'smoke hood' [2] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.
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They returned to Covington nine years later, and joined their father's business, along with a third brother. They opened a bridge works plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a related service, called Stewart Jail Works. Needing more space, the brothers built a new plant on 8 acres (3.2 ha) near Madison Avenue and 17th Streets in 1903.
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