John Stevens (inventor)

John Stevens ( * 1749, † March 3, 1838 ) was treasurer of New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War. At the end of the war he acquired the land, should be on later Hoboken. He worked as an engineer, was the inventor of the lobbyist and was Congress on Intellectual Property. His sons were all also railway and naval architects: Robert Stevens (inventor of the T- rail section ), Edwin Augustus Stevens (founding sponsor of the Stevens Institute of Technology ), John Cox Stevens ( founder and first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and initiator of the construction of America ( yacht) of the America's Cup is named after her ). He also had a daughter Juliana Stevens. He was the son of a member of the Continental Congress, who was also called John Stevens.

Services

In 1804, Stevens built the steamboat Little Juliana, which was characterized by double screws, had a steam boiler with multiple piping and is considered the first successful, driven with propeller steamer. 1811 was set up with Stevens ' steamboat Juliana, the first steam ship ferry in the world. On October 11, 1811, Juliana began with the ferry from the New York Barclay Street to Hoboken (New Jersey). The Phoenix, another steamer from Stevens, was the first ship of its class, toured the ocean. Together with his sons he developed alongside the technology for steam ships and ferries also various elements of railroad engineering. 1826 is considered the year in which the first locomotive built in the United States was put into operation. It was built by Stevens and his son Robert. The test route was a rail ring, which had been laid out in a field.