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Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled ‘The Practicality of Manned Flight’. He is buried in…

Reflections of the Passaic River from the Hillery Street Bridge between Totowa and Woodland Park, NJ.

#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled ‘The Practicality of Manned Flight’. He is…

#OTD in 1899 – Creation of the Electric Boat Company by the father of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled ‘The Practicality of Manned Flight’. He is buried in…

#OTD in 1899 – Creation of the Electric Boat Company by the father of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled ‘The Practicality of Manned Flight’. He is buried in…

#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled ‘The Practicality of Manned Flight’. He is…

#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled ‘The Practicality of Manned Flight’. He is…