Oliver Evans pioneered the high-pressure steam engine. Evans was born in Newport, Delaware on September 13, 1755. At sixteen years old, he was apprenticed to a wheelwright, however, within two years Oliver Evans began his inventing of a new high-pressure steam engine. Evans also invented textile industries tools and milling equipment. In 1782, Oliver Evans built the first automatic mill on Red Clay Creek, Delaware. In 1789, the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered land vehicle was granted to Oliver Evans.

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One of the first protagonist of the locomotive in America was Oliver Evans.

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Oliver Evans, one of America's pioneering inventors, created the high-pressure steam engine and advanced the milling industry by automating flour mills.

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Oliver Evans was an inventor of great ability, and his high pressure steam engine is largely responsible for America's industrialization in the early nineteenth century.

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Oliver Evans  called himself a millwright.

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Evans' creation of the automatic mill influenced the traditional styles of milling.

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Steam Engines
Major Inventions - Industrial Revolution

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