Edward West
Birth 1757
Death 23 Aug 1827 (aged 69–70)
Burial: Lexington Cemetery
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
The memory of Edward West should be cherished by all his countrymen; for to his genius is due one of the grandest inventions recorded in the geographical history of man." since Jason sailed in search of the golden fleece, or the Phoenicians crept timidly along the shores of the Mediterranean, in their frail, flat-bottomed barges. The time when steam was first used as a motive power will form an era in the world's history, for the revolution it had worked has been a mighty one, and a hundred years from now, the little stream called the "Town Fork of Elkhorn" will have become classic. The identical miniature engine that West made and used in 1793 is now in the museum of the lunatic asylum in this city. Edward West died in Lexington, August 23, 1827, aged seventy.
From the History of Lexington Kentucky
Edward West was first buried in the garden at the West home on the corner of High Street and Mill Street along with his wife, Sarah Browne West. Then, in January 1827, artist Asa Park, a friend of his son, was also buried in the garden.
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