Garrett Morgan #1290
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Garrett Morgan
A pioneer inventor,Garrett A. Morgan
(1877 - 1963) was responsible for the
creation of such life-saving inventions
as the gas mask and traffic lights. He
was an inventor and community leader
who invented the gas mask and the
automatic traffic signal.Born in Paris,
Kentucky, Garrett Augustus Morgan moved
to Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of
fourteen and became a handyman.In 1895
he moved to Cleveland where he worked as
a sewing machine repairman.In Cleveland,
Morgan developed several successful
enterprises: a sewing machine repair
service in 1907, a tailor shopin 1909, and
a hair-straightening company in 1913.
The most important of his various inventions
was a “breathing device” that served as
the prototype for the modern gas mask.
In 1914 the National Safety Device Company
awarded the “Morgan Safety Hood
Distinguisher” awarded the First Grand Prize.
On July 25, 1916, Morgan himself
demonstrated the use of his invention by
wearing it as he, along with others,
rescued twenty-four trapped workers ...
Garrett Augustus Morgan March 4,1877, Paris, Kentucky - August 27, 1963, Cleveland, Ohio was an African American inventor who originated a respiratory protective hood, invented a hair-straightening preparation and patented a type of Traffic light traffic signal. He is renowned for a heroic rescue in which he used his hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel system filled with fumes.
