L. Lewis Sagendorph
American inventor and industrialist
L. Lewis Sagendorph (September 26, 1842 - April 13, 1909) was an American inventor and leading manufacturer of sheet metal products in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries. He founded what later became the Penn Metal Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| Born | September 26, 1842 Hudson, New York, US |
| Died | April 13, 1909 (aged 66) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, industrialist, businessman |
Life and career
changeLongley Lewis Sagendorph, Jr. was born in Hudson, New York and later moved to Rhode Island where he served in the with the 10th Rhode Island Regiment in the American Civil War.[1] L. Lewis Sagendorph was buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.[2]
References
change- ↑ Palliser, George. The Palliser's Late Victorian Architecture.
- ↑ "L. Lewis Sagendorph, Jr". Find a Grave. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
Bibliography
change- Parkersburg, W. Va (1944). Seventy-fifth Penn Metal year, 1869-1944. Penn Metal Co. OCLC 20034058.
- Sagendorph, Longley Lewis (1902). Metal sectional ceilings and side wall decorations. Philadelphia: McLaughlin Bros. OCLC 83479125.
- Sagendorph, Longley Lewis (1904). The Penn Metal Ceiling & Roofing Company Limited...metal sectional ceilings and side wall decorations : suitable for churches, amusement halls, hospitals, asylums, school buildings, theatres, stores and dwellings of all classes. Philadelphia: Penn Metal Ceiling and Roofing Company, Ltd. OCLC 83479125.
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