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Alexander Lyman Holley

ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY

BORN IN LAKEVILLE, CONN., JULY 20TH 1832
DIED IN BROOKLYN N.Y., JANUARY 29TH 1882

IN HONOR OF ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY
FOREMOST AMONG THOSE WHOSE GENIUS
AND ENERGY ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA
AND IMPROVED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
THE MANUFACTURE OF BESSEMER STEEL
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY ENGINEERS
OF TWO HEMISPHERES

Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

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