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Granville T. Woods and the steam-boiler furnace patent

Woods enters Backlog 3 through an 1884 Cincinnati steam-boiler furnace patent, before later profiles expand his broader electrical and rail patent memory.

Why this belongs on CultureUp

Woods is a public-record memory story.

Woods belongs here because the patent record connects Black technical memory to industrial systems rather than a generic famous-inventor list.

Backlog priority 2 / chronology not finalStatus: source_reviewedSource grade: B+

Patent: 299894: Steam-Boiler Furnace
Issue date: 1884-06-03
Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Record strength: Medium-high patent-record strength for patent number, title, issue date, and Cincinnati place anchor.
Identity evidence: Publishable as a patent-record profile, with later Woods biography and portfolio context reserved for source expansion.
Backlog priority: 2 / not chronological rank
Chronology caution: Backlog priority 2 is not final chronological rank.
Identity caution: Use public-record Black patent memory language only where supported by the profile trail.
Why this record matters: The record puts industrial heat, steam machinery, and Black technical labor into the Backlog 3 expansion.

What the public record supports

U.S. Patent No. 299894, issued June 3, 1884.
Steam-boiler furnace invention category.
Backlog priority management rather than final rank.

What remains open

Later Woods patent and biography context remains future work.
Commercialization and assignment trail remain open.

Article profile

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The patent record

Google Patents mirrors U.S. Patent No. 299894 for a steam-boiler furnace issued June 3, 1884.

The person in the record

This first CultureUp Woods profile remains patent-first and does not compress the full Woods portfolio into one patent row.

Place attached to the claim

Cincinnati is the place anchor carried in the prompt and source trail for this backlog row.

The invention

The invention sits in steam-boiler furnace technology and industrial heat systems.

Business, labor, and use

The patent supports technical recognition but not business outcome or adoption history by itself.

What the record cannot prove

It cannot prove full biography, all later patents, commercialization, or absolute chronological sequence.

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Grant trail

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Backlog priority 2Not chronological rankutility patentmedium high

299894: Steam-Boiler Furnace

Granville T. Woods / 1884-06-03

Backlog priority row, not a chronological rank. This first CultureUp Woods profile starts with the attached steam-boiler furnace patent, not the full later Woods portfolio.

Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio
Category: steam systems / industrial heat
Source status: medium high
Backlog status: indexable_profile_candidate
Primary sources: 1 mapped

Source trail

Claims stay tied to source limits.

Patent record

Patent text, case-file context, or patent-image trails that can support inventor, title, number, date, place, and claim language.

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US299894A - Steam-Boiler Furnace

Google Patents / 1884 patent record

Supports: Shows Granville T. Woods of Cincinnati, Ohio connected to a steam-boiler furnace patent issued June 3, 1884.
Limit: The patent record supports the invention row. It does not prove full biography, commercialization, or every later Woods patent.
Last checked: 2026-06-09
Source URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US299894A/en