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Joseph Winters
African-American abolitionist and inventor
Joseph Richard Winters (August 29, 1824[1] – November 29, 1916) was an African-Americanabolitionist and inventor who, on May 7, 1878, received U.S.
Patent number 203,517 for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder.
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On April 8, 1879, he received U.S. Patent number 214,224 for an improvement on the ladder. On May 16, 1882, he received U.S. Patent number 258,186 for a fire escape ladder that could be affixed to buildings.
It has been erroneously cited that Winters was the original inventor of the wagon-mounted fire escape.
Winters' version was patented 29 years after George Huttman and George Kornelio initially introduced the idea in 1849.[2] However, Winters' ladder replaced the wooden ladder with a metal frame and parallel steps.
Winters' innovation was utilized by the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania fire department who mounted the ladder on a horse-drawn wagon.[3]
Joseph R. Winters was born in Lee