Background
Ferris was born in Stamford, Connecticut the son of Nathaniel Betts and Louise (Keeler) Ferris.
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Theodore Ernest Ferris
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He was educated in Stamford and later at the Greenwich Academy, where he took a technical training course.
Career
After a period of employment at shipyards on Long Island, he joined the Townsend-Downey Company on Shooters Island and later the firm of Cary Smith & Ferris. In 1917, the (EFC) was established by the United States Shipping Board under General Goethals with Ferris as chief architect. His 3,500 deadweight ton "Ferris Design" wooden steamship became the model for the EFC, of which 63 were subsequently built.
He also invented a system of steel strapping for fixing the frames of his ships.
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United States