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n American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
Submarine Was Built In Westbrook In 1775 David Bushnell built the Turtle in 1775 in Westbrook, and it was used in the Revolutionary War, essentially the world’s first operational combat submarine. …
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