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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.
Ronald Price Hickman (1932–2011), U.S. – designed the original Lotus Elan, the Lotus Elan +2 and the Lotus Europa, as well as the Black & Decker Workmate Rowland Hill (1795–1879), UK – postage stamp
Larry Dolan (owner of the Cleveland Indians) (Cleveland Heights) Paul Dolan (CEO of the Cleveland Indians) (Chardon) Herbert H. Dow (chemist, industrialist) (Cleveland) Benjamin Franklin Fairless (steel company executive) (Pigeon Run) Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone, inventor, industrialist) (Columbiana/Akron)
This 1905 Swiss Chalet Revival style house was built for Frederick W. Bomonti, a famous Swiss American restaurateur in Cleveland. It is an exemplar of the type of architecture favored by Swiss Americans, a large and influential immigrant group in Cleveland in the late 1800s. 19: Broadway Avenue Historic District: Broadway Avenue Historic District
Winton relinquished leadership in 1928. By 1930 the company was sold to General Motors, and was renamed Cleveland Diesel Engine Division. [10] Winton was a prolific inventor, with over 100 patents in the fields of motor cars and engines. He also had several bicycle inventions. He allowed free use of his patents when a question of safety was ...
The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known. [ a ] The dates in this article make frequent use of the units mya and kya , which refer to millions and thousands of years ago, respectively.
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Bird's-eye view map of Cleveland in 1877. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.