Published on: 04/01/2025 9:31 AM
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The grandest trip on earth
 “Professor Lowe” was many things over the course of his long, colorful career: a scientist, balloonist, entrepreneur, investor, banker, and founder of a scenic mountain railway and resort in Southern California. Best known as Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps during the early years of the American Civil War, Thaddeus Lowe was also a prolific inventor who earned 18 U.S. patents for his pioneering advances in ice-making and refrigeration as well as the manufacture of water gas and steel, among other historic innovations.
Read about his adventures now.
Each month, our Journeys of Innovation series tells the stories of inventors or entrepreneurs who have made a positive difference in the world.
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