Edwin Augustus Stevens
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Edwin Augustus Stevens was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who left a bequest that was used to establish the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Line engraving of Edwin A. Stevens published in The Stevens Ironclad Battery
Col. John Stevens, III was an American lawyer, engineer, and inventor who constructed the first U.S. steam locomotive, first steam-powered ferry, and first U.S. commercial ferry service from his estat
Edwin Augustus Stevens
…who left a bequest that was used to establish the Stevens Institute of Technology. Stevens was born at Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of Colonel John Stevens III (1749–1838) and his wife Rachel (née Cox) Stevens (1761–1839). He was the sixth of eleven children, and among his older brothers were John Cox Stevens…
Portrait, c. 1830
1808 engraving of John Stevens estate, Castle Point, Hoboken. Currently the site of Stevens Institute of Technology.
Replica of John Stevens' steam carriage
Rachel Cox Stevens, portrait by Gilbert Stuart