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Amasa Stone
American industrialist
Amasa Stone, Jr. | |
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Amasa Stone | |
| Born | (1818-04-27)April 27, 1818 Charlton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 1883(1883-05-11) (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, 1818 – May 11, 1883) was an American industrialist who is best remembered for having created a regional railroad empire centered in the U.S.
state of Ohio from 1860 to 1883. He gained fame in New England in the 1840s 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 1848, Stone moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850.
Within four years he was a director of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad and the