Oliver Evans (1755-1819)

Remembered for developing an automated production line for milling flour and building the first high-pressure steam engine in the United States, Oliver Evans was early America’s foremost technological innovator.

Steel Engraving, Portrait of Oliver Evans. The Watt of America, circa 1860

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License Granting the Marrietta Steam Mill Company Use of an Oliver Evans Patented Steam Engine, 1812

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"The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide," 1836

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"Oliver Evans' 'Oructor Amphibolis,' or, Amphibious Digger, the First American Locomotive--1804"

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Interior View of Loranger Gristmill in Greenfield Village, 1930

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Keywords	grain milling machinery steam engines Loranger Gristmill
Themes	Agriculture & the Environment Power & Energy

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