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Stevens, Robert Livingston

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Stevens, Robert Livingston (1787–1856)

US naval architect, engineer, and inventor. He assisted his father, the US engineer and inventor John Cox Stevens, in the design and construction of steamboats, for which he invented numerous improvements. He also invented several improvements for railroads including the T-rail, the hook-headed railroad spike, and the cowcatcher; he was the first to burn anthracite in a locomotive.

He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Along with his brother, Edwin Augutus Stevens, he was president and chief engineer of the Camden & Amboy Railroad. He also made contributions to military ordnance and naval armouring.



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