Centre, Alabama -
Grave of the Typewriter Inventor
John Pratt is buried in a forlorn park/cemetery.
- Address:
- CR 265, Centre, AL
- Directions:
- Pratt Memorial Park. On the west edge of town, on the north side of CR 265/Old Hwy 411, opposite an auto junkyard. A half-mile west of US Hwy 411.
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Grave of John Pratt - Inventor of the Typewriter John Pratt, inventor of the typewriter, is buried in a forlorn park/cemetery in Centre, AL. [Joel, 09/18/2003][RA: Only about 90 miles NE of another typewriter attraction -- Hitler's typewriter in Bessemer. 19th century inventor Christopher Latham Sholes is considered the American "Father of the Typewriter," and he's buried in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.]
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