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[[Image:Pratt truss.png|thumb|right|Thomas and Caleb's [[truss#Pratt truss|Pratt Truss]]]] |
[[Image:Pratt truss.png|thumb|right|Thomas and Caleb's [[truss#Pratt truss|Pratt Truss]]]] |
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'''Thomas Willis Pratt''', (born 1812, Boston, Massachusetts)<ref>{{cite book |last=Evans |first=June |author2=Evans, Benjamin |title=New England's Covered Bridges |publisher=University Press of New England |isbn=1-58465-320-5 |pages=Page 8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newenglandscover00benj }}</ref> was an American [[engineer]]. He is best known for his 1844 patent for the [[truss#Pratt truss|Pratt truss]], which he designed with his father, Caleb Pratt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ole.dot.state.ia.us/historicbridge/construction.asp |title=Historic Bridges of Iowa |accessdate=February 8, 2008 }}</ref> He died in 1875. |
'''Thomas Willis Pratt''', (born 1812, Boston, Massachusetts)<ref>{{cite book |last=Evans |first=June |author2=Evans, Benjamin |title=New England's Covered Bridges |year=2004 |publisher=University Press of New England |isbn=1-58465-320-5 |pages=Page 8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newenglandscover00benj }}</ref> was an American [[engineer]]. He is best known for his 1844 patent for the [[truss#Pratt truss|Pratt truss]], which he designed with his father, Caleb Pratt.<ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=3523A&KC=A US patent 3523], in European Patent Office database</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ole.dot.state.ia.us/historicbridge/construction.asp |title=Historic Bridges of Iowa |accessdate=February 8, 2008 }}</ref> Pratt also surveyed the route of the [[Providence and Worcester Railroad]] in 1844.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Edward A. |title=The Blackstone Valley Line: The Story of the Blackstone Canal Company and the Providence & Worcester Railroad |publisher=The Baggage Car |year=1973 |location=Seekonk, Massachusetts |page=13 |oclc=2685548}}</ref> He died in 1875. |
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Latest revision as of 05:55, 18 May 2024
Thomas Willis Pratt, (born 1812, Boston, Massachusetts)[1] was an American engineer. He is best known for his 1844 patent for the Pratt truss, which he designed with his father, Caleb Pratt.[2][3] Pratt also surveyed the route of the Providence and Worcester Railroad in 1844.[4] He died in 1875.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, June; Evans, Benjamin (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England. pp. Page 8. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.
- ^ US patent 3523, in European Patent Office database
- ^ "Historic Bridges of Iowa". Retrieved February 8, 2008.
- ^ Lewis, Edward A. (1973). The Blackstone Valley Line: The Story of the Blackstone Canal Company and the Providence & Worcester Railroad. Seekonk, Massachusetts: The Baggage Car. p. 13. OCLC 2685548.
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