A. Baldwin Wood

Albert Baldwin Wood (December 1, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an

inventor and engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering

in 1899.

Wood was hired by the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans in 1899, to try to improve the flood-prone city's drainage, Wood invented "flapgates" and other hydraulic devices, most notably his efficient low-maintenance, high-volume pumps including the Wood Screw Pump (1913) and the Wood Trash Pump (1915). He spearheaded swampland reclamation and development of much of the land now occupied by the city.

While he spent most of his career in New Orleans, Wood also consulted and designed the drainage, pumping, and

Zuider Zee in the Netherlands

.

Some of Wood's pumps have been in almost continuous use in New Orleans for over 80 years without need of repairs, and new ones continue to be built from his designs.

When Wood died, he left a bequest to Tulane University on the condition that it preserve and display his

Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi, not far from where the boat was originally constructed at the Johnson Shipyard.^[1]

References

^ BALDWIN WOOD’S NYDIA – New Orleans Magazine

External links

1974 article on the Wood Screw Pump by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Lighthouse Digest article on Baldwin Wood Lighthouse

[1] BALDWIN WOOD’S NYDIA – New Orleans Magazine

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