Garrett Morgan
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an African-American inventor and community leader.
Garrett Morgan | |
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 Garrett Augustus Morgan | |
| Born | March 4, 1877 |
| Died | August 27, 1963 (aged 86) |
| Other names | Big Chief Mason |
| Occupation | Inventor, Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Inventor of a type of traffic signal and a respiratory protective hood |
He is known for his inventions which included a type of protective respiratory hood (or gas mask), a traffic signal, and a hair-straightening chemical. He is also known for a heroic rescue in 1916 in which he and three others used the safety hood device he'd developed to save workers trapped within a water intake tunnel, fifty feet beneath Lake Erie.[1] He is also credited as the first African American in Cleveland, Ohio, to own an automobile.
Garrett Morgan Media
The grave of Garrett Morgan in Cleveland, Ohio
Garrett Morgan US patent US1475024A for a traffic signal, 1923, page 1
Garrett Morgan US patent US1475024A for a traffic signal, 1923, page 2
Garrett Morgan US patent US1113675A for a 'smoke hood' breathing device, 1914, page 1
Garrett Morgan US patent US1113675A for a 'smoke hood' breathing device, 1914, page 2
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Other websites
Media related to Garrett Morgan at Wikimedia Commons
- The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Waterworks Disasters Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Images from Morgan's patents
- Garrett A. Morgan at Find a Grave
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