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He was egaged in perfecting nail making machinery. Daniel and Asaph Goodrich made the first cut nails in this country; a trade previously forbidden by law. He was granted a patent in December, 1796 for cut nails and wrought nail machines. He manufactured nails in a water powered factory on Belcher's Stream. In 1798 he sold the factory to George Hubbard, who sold the nail patents to Jehoshaphat Stow, who in 1798 erected a nail factory [Stow Factory at Wadsworth Falls]. Daniel patented an oscillating steam engine for propelling boats in 1809. He built several steamboats on the Monoqahoke and Ohio rivers, 1813 - 1816. He created the 1st steamboat on the Mississippi. His home or business was near Gill's Dam.
Brandegee, Emily S. Historical Papers Berlin, Connecticut - p.26, 43
Tercentenary Comm. Of the State of CT 1936
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