Inventor of the electric tram: Granville Woods

- Scientists of the world

Ray Lowe's steam engine is considered a revolutionary invention. After its discovery, scientists made many improvements to it, creating railway engines that run on petrol and diesel, and then invented electric locomotives that run on electricity. An electric engine is powered by an overhead wire. An important contribution was made by a scientist named Granville Woods in the modernization of railway trains.

Granville T. Woods was born on April 6, 1918 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Born into a poor family, Granville worked in a blacksmith shop during the day and went to school at night. After completing his studies, he took a job as a fireman in the Nebraska Railways. He continued his college studies with a job and became an engineer.

In 1918, Granville was appointed chief engineer on a British ship. Granville made an in-depth study of the railway train and discovered the uses of electricity in it.

His main contribution was to connect railway stations by telegram using train tracks. He developed the technology of running a train by getting electricity from a power line passing near a railway line and invented the technology of overhead wire. Granville is called the second edition of the science world. He died on January 20, 1910.