Jeremiah Burnham Tainter
American inventor
Died when: 84 years 30 days (1008 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Jeremiah Burnham Tainter (January 6, 1836 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin – February 5, 1920) was an inventor and engineer known for having designed the Tainter gate in 1886.
He began his work in hydrology in 1862, with the modification of pre-existing mill pond dams in Menomonie.Tainter was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co., the largest lumber manufacturer in the United States in the last quarter of the 19th century.
His brother Andrew Tainter was a principal in Knapp, Stout.Tainter's inventions include:
* U.S.Patent 226,455 Thomas Parker, Jeremiah B.
Tainter, Andrew Tainter & James Downing, "Sluiceway-gate." Issued April 13, 1880. * U.S.Patent 241,443 Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Fifth wheel for vehicles." Issued May 10, 1881. * U.S.
Patent 241,444 Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Automatic sluiceway gate." Issued May 10, 1881. * U.S.Patent 344,877 Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Coffer-dam." Issued July 6, 1886. * U.S.
Patent 344,878 Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Sluiceway gate." Issued July 6, 1886. * U.S.Patent 344,879 Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Canal-lock." Issued July 6, 1886. * U.S.Patent 400,511 Jeremiah Burnham Tainter & Nathan B.
Noble, "Snap-hook." Issued April 2, 1889. * U.S.Patent 1,082,291 Jeremiah B.Tainter, "Dam." Issued December 23, 1913.
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