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'''William Wright''' was an American engineer who contributed to the development of the ] in the mid 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/jay-leno/4213088|author=Jay Leno|author-link=Jay Leno|publisher=Popular Mechanics|title=Jay Leno Goes Green with Time-Tested Steam|date=1 October 2009|accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref></ref>


⚫ Wright also developed several innovative improvements in steam engine design such as the automatic shutoff steam engine which employed a ] to limit the engine's speed. He also developed and may have built some designs that have not survived the test of time such as the "Annular Steam Engine" also known as the "Oscillating Steam Engine".<ref></ref> He owned a series of steam engine manufacturing plants in and around New York City, the largest being "The Wright Steam Engine Works" in ], NY. He built engines that powered the pumps of the Brooklyn Water Works. During the American Civil War he built engines that powered warships of the North.<ref></ref>
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After bankruptcy in the early 1890s, Wright failed to raise the $10,000 needed to satisfy his creditors and keep his engine works.<ref name="WermuthJohnson2009">{{cite book|author1=Thomas S. Wermuth|author2=James Michael Johnson|author3=Christopher Pryslopski|title=America's First River: The History and Culture of the Hudson River Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUrXhhoFJdcC&pg=PA123|accessdate=19 January 2013|year=2009|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-615-30829-6|page=123}}</ref> The buildings of Wright's Engine Works, in the northern waterfront area of Newburgh known as Sherman Dock, still survive today as warehouses.<ref name="Barrett1999">{{cite book|author=Kevin Barrett|title=Newburgh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVQmOXQBZeIC&pg=PA27|accessdate=19 January 2013|year=1999|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-0338-7|page=27}}</ref>
⚫ A steam engine designer and engineer through the American Civil War era<ref></ref>. He developed several innovative improvements in steam engine design such as the automatic shutoff steam engine which employed a governor to limit the engines speed. He also developed and may have built some designs that have not survived the test of time such as the "Annular Steam Engine" also known as the "Oscillating Steam Engine"<ref></ref>. He owned a series of steam engine manufacturing plants in and around New York City, the largest being "The Wright Steam Engine Works" in Newburgh, NY. He built engines that powered the pumps of the Brooklyn Water Works. During the American Civil War he built engines that powered warships of the North<ref></ref>.


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American engineer

William Wright was an American engineer who contributed to the development of the Corliss steam engine in the mid 19th century.

Wright also developed several innovative improvements in steam engine design such as the automatic shutoff steam engine which employed a governor to limit the engine's speed. He also developed and may have built some designs that have not survived the test of time such as the "Annular Steam Engine" also known as the "Oscillating Steam Engine". He owned a series of steam engine manufacturing plants in and around New York City, the largest being "The Wright Steam Engine Works" in Newburgh, NY. He built engines that powered the pumps of the Brooklyn Water Works. During the American Civil War he built engines that powered warships of the North.

After bankruptcy in the early 1890s, Wright failed to raise the $10,000 needed to satisfy his creditors and keep his engine works. The buildings of Wright's Engine Works, in the northern waterfront area of Newburgh known as Sherman Dock, still survive today as warehouses.

References

  1. Jay Leno (1 October 2009). "Jay Leno Goes Green with Time-Tested Steam". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. Vintage Machinery: Wright Steam Engine Works, Newburg, NY, U.S.A.
  3. US Patent: 43,362 Oscillating Steam Engine
  4. Civil War Navies, 1855-1883, US Hibiscus
  5. Thomas S. Wermuth; James Michael Johnson; Christopher Pryslopski (2009). America's First River: The History and Culture of the Hudson River Valley. SUNY Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-615-30829-6. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. Kevin Barrett (1999). Newburgh. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7385-0338-7. Retrieved 19 January 2013.


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