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Winslow, John Flack

manufacturer, railroad president, was born Nov. 5, 1810, in Bennington, Vt. In 1833 he engaged in the production of pig-iron in Bergen and Sussex counties, N. J., and in 1837 he formed a connection with Erastus Corning of Albany which lasted under various firm names for thirty years. The United States government contracted with his firm for the construction of the Monitor, which was begun in 1861 at Greenpoint, Long Island, and was launched in 1862. He has been president of the Poughkeepsie and Eastern railway, and of the company for constructing the Poughkeepsie bridge over Hudson river. He died March 10, 1892, in Poughkeepsie.