Meigs, Joe Vincent, 1840-
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Meigs, Joe Vincent, 1840-
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Meigs, Joe Vincent, 1840-
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Joe Vincent Meigs (1840-1907): trained as an engineer; joined the Union Army and raised the first black light artillery battalion; in 1866 moved to Lowell, Mass., and became manager of the U.S. Cartridge Co.; in 1881 developed a monorail railway system, and in 1884 built an experimental one-third mile elevated railway track.
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Business
Engineering
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Local transit
Monorail railroads
Railroads, Elevated
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United States
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Boston (Mass.)
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Lowell (Mass.)
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New England
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Tennessee
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