Civil War. Winans was related to James McNeill Whistler through marriage (Whistler's brother George married Winans' daughter Julia). Ross Winans was born...

The Winans Steam Gun was a steam-powered centrifugal gun used during the American Civil War, which used centrifugal forces (rather than gunpowder) to propel...

Unlike the later Camelbacks, Camels had cabs that rode atop the boiler. Ross Winans wanted to put as much weight on the driving wheels as possible to increase...

Winans may refer to: The Winans, an American gospel music quartet The Winans family of musicians, related to The Winans, including: The family patriarch...

extensive use as a heavy switcher and freight engine. Beginning in 1844, Ross Winans developed a series of 0-8-0 types for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad...

Ross R. Winans, heir to Ross Winans, the mansion is a premier example of French Renaissance revival architecture. Since its period as Winans's residence...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lewis W. Ross. Lewis Winans Ross (December 8, 1812 – October 29, 1895) was an American attorney, merchant, and...

incorrectly attributed to pro-Southern Maryland millionaire and inventor Ross Winans. Another hand-cranked centrifugal gun that fired musket balls was designed...

"Mount Winans" ("Mt. Winans") is a mixed-use residential, commercial and industrial neighborhood in the southwestern area of the City of Baltimore in Maryland...

is believed to have been the Centipede, a tender locomotive built by Ross Winans in 1855 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the United States of America...