University City in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
3301 Baring Street: Coleman Sellers, Engineer and Inventor
Historic Powelton Village
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2022
1. 3301 Baring Street: Coleman Sellers, Engineer and Inventor Marker
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3301 Baring Street: Coleman Sellers, Engineer and Inventor. Historic Powelton Village. Philadelphia-born Coleman Sellers was a life-long engineer whose expertise was in locomotives, a new form of transportation in the mid-1800s. He is known for overseeing the creation of the first hydroelectric dam at Niagara Falls and, among many other inventions, creating the first operative moving-picture camera, which he called the "kinematoscope." Sellers was a professor of mechanics at the Franklin Institute, where he served as both vice president and president. He went on to become the president of the American Society of the Mechanical Engineers.
Philadelphia-born Coleman Sellers was a life-long engineer whose expertise was in locomotives, a new form of transportation in the mid-1800s. He is known for overseeing the creation of the first hydroelectric dam at Niagara Falls and, among many other inventions, creating the first operative moving-picture camera, which he called the "kinematoscope." Sellers was a professor of mechanics at the Franklin Institute, where he served as both vice president and president. He went on to become the president of the American Society of the Mechanical Engineers.
Location. 39° 57.701′ N, 75° 11.388′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in University City. Marker is at the intersection of Baring Street and North 33rd Street (U.S. 13), on the right when traveling west on Baring Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3301 Baring St, Philadelphia PA 19104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mantua
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2022
2. 3301 Baring Street
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 101 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
