Edwin Augustus Stevens

1795–1868 (age 73)

Engineer/Inventor

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Biography

Edwin Augustus Stevens was an accomplished engineer and inventor whose innovations contributed to American industrial and technological advancement. Born in 1795, he devoted his career to engineering projects that reflected the progressive spirit of nineteenth-century America and helped shape the nation's industrial development.

Stevens's engineering legacy extended across multiple domains of technological innovation. He was interred in Hoboken Cemetery, where his contributions to American engineering and invention continue to be remembered as part of the nation's industrial heritage.