Newport, Delaware, Oliver Evans (13 September 1755 - 15 April 1819) is credited with inventing a machine for carding wool, improving the high-pressure steam engine (1801) and designing an early refrigerator. Evans is most notable for US Patent No 3, an automated milling system. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Oliver Evans automates the gristmill mill | Significant name | Greenbank Historic Area | Marshallton, DE | ||||
| 1785/00/00 | Oliver Evans invents the Automatic Flour Mill which, according to Evans' own calculations, can reduce costs by 50 percent. | Inventor | Invention of the Automatic Flour Mill | ||||
| 1789/00/00 | Ellicotts are among the first merchant millers in the country to adopt the Oliver Evans patented system of mill automation. | Inventor | Ellicott's Mills Historic District | Oella | Invention of the Automatic Flour Mill | ||
| 1790/00/00 | In 1790, upon introduction of federal patent law, Oliver Evans applies for protection for his automatic milling designs. | Inventor | Invention of the Automatic Flour Mill | ||||
| 1791/00/00 | Oliver Evans' two brothers install an Evans system to automate Washington's gristmill, fall of 1791 | Work | George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill | Mt Vernon, VA | Invention of the Automatic Flour Mill | ||
| 1795/00/00 | Oliver Evans formulates automation ideas at the Wye Grist Mill. | Inventor | Wye Mill | Wye Mills |
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