Bogardus, James

Bogardus, James

▪ American inventor
born March 14, 1800, Catskill, N.Y., U.S.
died April 13, 1874, New York City

      inventor and builder who popularized cast- (cast iron) iron construction, which was commonly used in American industrial and commercial building from 1850 to 1880. He did so by shipping prefabricated sections from his factory in New York City to construction sites, and he further popularized the new method of building by his authorship of Cast Iron Buildings: Their Construction and Advantages (1858). This method of supporting the weight of construction by columns, rather than the walls, was a significant step toward later development of skeleton framing (framed building) and skyscrapers. Bogardus' first use of these methods (1848) was in his own five-story factory in New York City. His other inventions included a means of engraving postage stamps that was used by the British government, the ring flier used for many years in cotton spinning, and rubber cutting, glass pressing, and deep-sea sounding and drilling machines.

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