Otis Tufts I | |
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| Born | February 14, 1804 |
| Died | November 5, 1869 (aged 65) |
| Spouse | Sarah Caroline Oliver (m. 1824–1869) |
| Children | Otis Tufts II |
| Parent(s) | Stephen Tufts Lucy Frost |
| Relatives | Robert Channing Seamans Jr., greatgrandson |
Otis Tufts (February 14, 1804 - November 5, 1869) was a machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver. [1]
Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1804 to Stephen Tufts and Lucy Frost Tufts. He had a twin brother, Joseph Tufts who died on July 24, 1807. On April 1, 1824, he married Sarah Caroline Oliver (1803-1868), in Malden, Massachusetts. Sarah was the daughter of William Oliver and Sarah Caroline Cheever. Together they had four children: Sarah, Eliza, Caroline and Otis. [2]
In 1837, he built a steam-operated printing press. In addition, he built the first double-hulled iron steamship. He died in 1869, at the age of 65. [3]
His great-great-grandfather Otis Tufts constructed the first steam-operated printing press in the United States and invented the steam pile driver.