Portraits Brief Biographies of Inventors, Engineers and Innovators: The Men and Women Who Invented Vertical Transportation The Men of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute

摘要

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1865, represented the realization of the vision of three Worcester businessmen: John Boynton (1791 -1868), Stephen Salisbury Ⅱ (1798-1884) and Ichabod Washburn (1798-1868), who sought to create an institution of higher learning that combined traditional academics with hands-on training. A critical component of the new school was the Washburn Shops. The purpose of the shops was twofold: they provided a setting for practical hands-on education, which was intended to balance the students' theoretical training in the classroom, and they provided a setting where new products for manufacture could be developed.