Shaw also held at least 3 patents, including one for the draw bridge, one for a railway superstructure design, and even a design for an electric locomotive. It is unknown if these designs were implemented in any capacity in his work.
United States Patent 159,046, Edward S. Shaw, "Improvement in Joints for Iron Truss-Bridges", issued January 6, 1875
^Bean, James W., ed. (17 March 1886). "Funeral of Edward S. Shaw". Old Cambridge. The Cambridge Chronicle. Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. for Edward S. Shaw, of 10 Kirkland street, one of Cambridge's oldest residents, who died last week Friday of heart failure. The services were held from his late home and Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Crothers, pastor of the First church, Unitarian, officiated. Interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Mr. Shaw was 65 years of age and had lived all his life in Cambridge. He was educated in the Cambridge schools and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For many years he did business in Boston as a consulting and civil engineer, but for the past few years he had been practically retired from business. He leaves no immediate survivors.
^ ab"Proceedings". Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. 6 (8): 7. October 1919. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
