Granville Woods
Granville T. Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910), was an African-American inventor who held more than 50 patents. Most of his work was on trains and street cars. Woods also invented the Multiplex Telegraph, a device that sent messages between train stations and moving trains. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on April 23, 1856, Granville T. Woods developed a number of inventions relating to the railroad industry.
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“Thou waitest late and com’st alone,
When woods are bare and birds are flown,”
—William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)