Stephen Wilcox, the Westerly inventor behind Babcock & Wilcox
Westerly native Stephen Wilcox co-invented a safer steam boiler in 1867. His widow gave the town Wilcox Park.
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Westerly native Stephen Wilcox co-invented a safer steam boiler in 1867. His widow gave the town Wilcox Park.