Gridley Bryant

Gridley Bryant (1789 – June 13, 1867) was an American construction engineer who ended up building the first commercial railroad in the United States and inventing most of the basic technologies involved in it. His son, Gridley James Fox Bryant, was a famous 19th-century architect and builder.

Gridley Bryant
BornAugust 26, 1789
Scituate, Massachusetts
Died(1867-06-13)June 13, 1867
Scituate, Massachusetts
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