Everything about Thomas Rogers Locomotive Builder totally explained
Thomas Rogers (1792 – 1856) was an
American mechanical engineer and founder of
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of
Paterson, New Jersey. Fellow locomotive designer and builder,
Zerah Colburn said that "Thomas Rogers maybe fairly said to have done more for the modern American locomotive than any of his contemporaries."
Thomas Rogers was born in
Groton, Connecticut, in 1792. Before moving to Paterson in 1812, he studied
carpentry and
blacksmithing. In 1832 he partnered with
Morris Ketchum and
Jasper Grosvenor to form
Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, building
agricultural and
textile machinery as well as springs, axles and other small parts for the first railroads of America.
In 1837 Rogers built his first locomotive,
Sandusky, which became the first locomotive to operate in
Ohio. Not one to just follow what other manufacturers were doing, Rogers implemented new features and innovations in his locomotives that were quickly adopted by other firms. He led Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor until his death in 1856.
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