During those years Blount continued to design jewellery, worked for his grandfather's oyster company, and was also a mill machinist and plant engineer.
"It was a crude sort of steam engine that he made from a tin can, an alcohol burner, and a paddle wheel.
"[2] He honed his inventing talent while creating a steaming process to open clams under the employment of his brother's seafood company.
In 1960, Blount was admitted as a compatriot of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
In early 2003, Blount renewed his efforts with 4,000 adult oysters which, according to marine biologist Matt Jaglieski, produced "over 40 million" fertilized larvae.
The recipients of the donation were Wentworth Institute of Technology, Rhode Island College, and Roger Williams University.