Lewis B. Stillwell

Lewis B. Stillwell ( born March 12, 1863 in Scranton (Pennsylvania ); † January 19, 1941 in Princeton ( New Jersey)) was an American electrical engineer.

Biography

After he had completed his studies in electrical engineering in 1885 at Wesleyan ( 1882-1884 ), and Lehigh University, he worked at Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh. There he developed together with Charles F. Scott, Otto Benjamin G. Lamme Shallenberger and an AC system. In 1890 he became chief electrician at Westinghouse. By 1895, the power plant was built at Niagara Falls under his leadership. More power plant were built at the Willamette Falls in Oregon and Telluride ( Colorado).

In 1897 he became technical director of the Niagara Falls Power Company. Since the work produced more electricity than was needed in the area, a line to Buffalo was laid; with Charles F. Scott converter of two-phase to three-phase alternating current. Stillwell Stillwell invented the regulator (different taps of the transformer ) with which the voltage can be adjusted.

After it had in 1899 the Manhattan Elevated Railway Company engaged as a consultant, he founded in 1900 in New York, a consulting firm. At the same time he became director of the Rapid Transit Subway Company in New York City, where 12,000 workers were involved in the construction of the subway. Over the next three decades he built in six other cities a subway.

1909/1910 he was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 1933, the Lamme Medal and 1935 the AIEE Edison Medal he was awarded.

Publications

• Relation of Water Power to Transportation; 1916

• Personality of Electrical Engineering
• Americans
• Born in 1863
• Died in 1941
• Man