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Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1804 to Stephen Tufts and Lucy Frost Tufts.
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He had a twin brother, Joseph Tufts who died on July 24, 1807. Sarah was the daughter of William Oliver and Sarah Caroline Cheever. Together they had four children: Sarah, Eliza, Caroline and Otis.
In 1837, he built a steam-operated printing press
He built the first double-hulled iron steamship and the first vessel constructed of all iron in the United States based on the designs of John Ericsson. Tufts also invented the steam pile driver.
He died in Massachusetts in 1869 at the age of 65.
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