Samuel Morey
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Samuel Morey was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
1909 illustration by A. C. Gow which appeared as the frontispiece in a 1915 biography
The Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge in Orford, NH
US Patent X306 (Force from Water with Assist of Steam) issued in November 1800
Fairlee, Vermont
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Fairlee is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 988 at the 2020 census. It includes the village of Ely. Fairlee is home to Lake Morey, which claims to have the longest i
Samuel Morey
…Israel Morey served in the colonial militia and rapidly rose from private to general. Samuel Morey operated a successful lumber business in Orford and Fairlee, Vermont. He died in 1843, and was buried in Orford. Lake Morey in Vermont is named in his honor. Morey's first patent, in 1793, was for a steam-powered spit…
Fairlee, VT, from the northeast
Fairlee from Morey Mountain c. 1907
Lake Morey, VT, from the southwest