Warwick Invents!

A Selection of Some Machines, Gizmos and Brainstorms by Citizens of the

Warwick Valley Central School District, New York

 

In the 19th century the United States went on a wild surge of industrial growth and expansion. 

Everyone wanted to improve productivity to support an expanding population and economy,

 and the people of Warwick were no exception!

 

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Name of Invention

Inventor

Patent Number

Year

Improvement in Bolts for Barns

Green, Melvin R.

108017

1870

Feeding Apparatus for Straw-Cutters

Bertholf, Henry W.

7727

1850

Cabinet Folding Bedstead

Holly, James H. & Knapp, John G.

259541

1882

Ice-Cutting Machine

Winters, Allen W.

641912

1900

Improvement in Milk Can

Nutting, O. J.

83724

1868

Improvement in Self-Closing Telegraph-Keys

McElroy, James H.

93728

1869

Locomotive Spring-Saddle

Ryker, Brice E.

302212

1884

Sewing Machine

Litchfield, I. W.

386837

1888

Loom for Fire Hose

Pont, Addie M.

223534

1880

Improvement in Looms

Gillespie, James E.

218012

1879

 

Researched by S. Gardner

Albert Wisner Public Library

2007

 

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