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A steam engine designer and engineer through the American Civil War era. 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". 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.
References
- Vintage Machinery: Wright Steam Engine Works, Newburg, NY, U.S.A.
- US Patent: 43,362 Oscillating Steam Engine
- Civil War Navies, 1855-1883, US Hibiscus