About Thomas Willis Pratt
Lived 1812 – 1875 (aged 62–63). Thomas Willis Pratt was an American civil engineer.
Thomas Willis Pratt (1812–1875) was an American engineer. He is best known for his 1844 patent for the Pratt truss, which he designed with his father, Caleb Pratt. Pratt also surveyed the route of the Providence and Worcester Railroad in 1844. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1812 and died in 1875.
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American engineer
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Thomas Willis Pratt was born in 1812 in Boston.
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Thomas Willis Pratt died on 10 July 1875 in Boston.
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Thomas Willis Pratt was a civil engineer.
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Thomas Willis Pratt was American.
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