Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-29

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Sprague


00:00:41 1 Early life and education
00:01:47 2 Career
00:01:56 2.1 United States Navy, inventor
00:02:58 2.2 Engineer for Edison
00:04:20 2.3 Electrical pioneer
00:05:06 2.4 Electric streetcars
00:07:50 2.5 Electric elevators
00:09:06 2.6 Multiple unit train controls
00:10:15 2.7 New York: Grand Central, elevators in skyscrapers
00:11:19 3 Legacy
00:12:24 4 Awards and recognition
00:13:17 5 Personal life
00:15:51 6 In remembrance and popular culture



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Frank Julian Sprague (July 25, 1857 in Milford, Connecticut – October 25, 1934) was an American naval officer and inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and  electric elevators. His contributions were especially important in promoting urban development by increasing the size cities could reasonably attain (through better transportation) and by allowing greater concentration of business in commercial sections (through use of electric elevators in skyscrapers). He became known as the "Father of Electric Traction".