US Patent: 389,892 
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| Ship-building
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	        Patentee:
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 | Frank E. Kirby (exact or similar names) - Detroit, MI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Oct. 07, 1887 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 25, 1888 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Wikipedia biography of Frank E. Kirby Vintage Machinery entry for Detroit Shipbuilding Co. 
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        Description: |  
| The inventor was a noted naval architect specializing the paddle-wheel and steamship design. Some of his designs were built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Co. |  
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