Joseph Winters

Franklin County · dedicated 2005 · Junior Hose and Truck Company #2, 130 N Second St., Chambersburg

African American inventor who secured a U.S. patent for the first fire escape ladder and hose conductor in 1878. In 1879 Winters was issued a second U.S. patent for improvements to the original invention. Winters was active in the Underground Railroad. He resided in Chambersburg.

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