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Amasa Stone
American industrialist
Amasa Stone, Jr. | |
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Amasa Stone | |
| Born | ()April 27, Charlton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, () (aged&#;65) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Bridge builder, railroad executive, businessman |
| Known&#;for | Philanthropy |
| Spouse | Julia Ann Gleason |
| Children | 3, including Flora Amelia |
| Relatives | Helen Hay Whitney (granddaughter) |
Amasa Stone, Jr. (April 27, – May 11, ) was an American industrialist who is best remembered for having created a regional railroad empire centered in the U.S.
state of Ohio from to He gained fame in New England in the s for building hundreds of bridges, most of them Howe truss bridges (the patent for which he had licensed from its inventor). After moving into railroad construction in , Stone moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in Within four years he was a director of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad and the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad.
The latter merged wit