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Contribution #68 of 365
Charles Richard Patterson
Inventor and Vehicle Manufacturer
1890s–1900s
The contribution
How this work helped shape America
Inventor and entrepreneur Charles Richard Patterson earned three utility patents and built a successful carriage-manufacturing enterprise in Greenfield, Ohio. His company, C.R. Patterson & Sons, created the industrial foundation that his son Frederick later expanded into automobile manufacturing.