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Ebenezer Clifford, Architect and Inventor

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1975

GUSN

GUSN-169841

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Description

Despite all of his great work designing buildings - and engineering a diving bell, among other things - Ebenezer Clifford has been reduced to a half-remembered legend. In this article, James L. Garvin unearths the story of an ingenious man with surprising talents.

Details

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 222

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1975.065.239.002

Abstract

Despite all of his great work designing buildings - and engineering a diving bell, among other things - Ebenezer Clifford has been reduced to a half-remembered legend. In this article, James L. Garvin unearths the story of an ingenious man with surprising talents.

Date Notes

Volume 65, Number 239 (Winter-Spring 1975)

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Record Details

Originator

James L. Garvin (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1975). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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