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Winans, Thomas de Kay, 1820-1878 print view role Collector Patron dates 1820-1878 city Baltimore state MD other cities Newport, RI; Moscow, Russia; sex M historical notes Art collector, locomotive engineer and one of the partners of the major locomotive firm Harrison, Winans and Eastwick (organized to handle the construction of the St. Petersburg - Moscow railroad). In 1843 he went to Russia to take charge of the mechanical department, contracted to equip the railroad with locomotives and other rolling stock in 5 years, and established the Alexandroffsky Mechanical Works. He returned to the USA in 1851, but was recalled to Russia for a new construction in 1866. Business interests were taken over by the Russian government with the payment of a large bonus in 1868. He became director of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and established a soup station outside his house during the Civil War. He devised with his father a cigar-shaped hull for transatlantic steamers, 1859, and devoted the rest of his life to creating a series of ingenious inventions, including improvements in organs, pianos, ventilation, and plumbing. (10/01/2007; www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/Correspondence) decades of activity 1840-1850 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:17 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Winans papers (MS 916) see details... Online Edition of Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler University of Glasgow Correspondence associated with: Winans, Thomas de Kay see details... «  back