Francis A. Pratt
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Francis Ashbury Pratt was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and co-founder of Pratt & Whitney.
Francis Ashbury Pratt
Amos Whitney
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Amos Whitney was a mechanical engineer and inventor who co-founded the Pratt & Whitney company. He was a member of the prominent Whitney family.
Francis A. Pratt
…Gloucester Machine Works as a journeyman and contractor. In 1852, Pratt moved to Hartford, Connecticut, to work at Colt Armory. It was at Colt that he met Amos Whitney. Pratt soon left Colt to work at Phoenix Iron Works and brought Whitney along with him. While still working at Phoenix Iron Works, he designed a milling…
Amos Whitney
Amos Whitney gravestone in Cedar Hill Cemetery