Mobilian John Ellis Fowler (1834-1909) designed several prototypes for flying machines, including this early seaplane, at the turn of the twentieth century.
Fowler Seaplane Prototype
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Photo courtesy of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama
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