Joseph Winters
(c.1816-1916)
African American inventor who secured a U.S. patent for the first fire escape ladder and hose conductor in 1878. In 1879 Winters was issued a second U.S. patent for improvements to the original invention. Winters was active in the Underground Railroad. He resided in Chambersburg.
Marker is on N. Second Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
