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Webster Wagner
A black and white photograph of a standing elderly bespectacled man wearing a bow tie and dark frock coat with his right hand in between the seam. His body is angled to the right while he looks straight at the camera.
Wagner shortly before his death in 1882
Born(1817-10-02)October 2, 1817
Palatine Bridge, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 13, 1882(1882-01-13) (aged 64)
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Inventor, businessman, politician
Years active1853-82
Known forInventing early railroad sleeper car

Webster Wagner (October 2, 1817 – January 13, 1882) was an American inventor, manufacturer and politician from New York.

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