Centre, Alabama - Grave of the Typewriter Inventor

Address:: Centre, AL [Show Map]
Directions:: Not far off US 411 on Co. Rd. 265.

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Centre, Alabama - 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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