Robert L. Stevens signed Deed

Deed between Robert L. Stevens, Robert F. Stockton and Robert Morton, MD signed by Robert L. Stevens.

Robert Livingston Stevens
(1787-1856)
Shipbuilder, Inventor. Aided his father in building ferryboat Juliana, (inaugurating world’s 1st steam-ferry system) 1811. Leader in profession of naval architecture who designed and build at least 20 steamboats and ferries. He introduced a forced-draft firing system under boilers, the split paddle wheel, and “hog-framing” for boats.

President and Chief Engineer of the Camden and Amboy Railroad (C&A) in the 1830s and 1840s. When the John Bull steam locomotive arrived on the C&A property, it was originally named Stevens in his honor.

Col. Robert L. Stevens invented the flanged T rail which has become universally used in America and in most of the world.