Henry Beecher Dierdorff
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Henry Beecher Dierdorff was an American
inventor in the field of mining
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Henry Beecher Dierdorff was an inventor of mining equipment, most notable for the first successful application of electricity
to power mining equipment under the surface of earth.
While an engineer with Jeffery Mining and Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio
, Dierdorff developed insulation that could be packed around electric motor housings to suppress sparking found on early electrical motors. This technology allowed the first safe electric seam cutting tool in underground mining. This tool was capable of cutting anthracite coal and was known as the Congo Coal Cutter https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/32677/1/OH_MIN_JNL_v23_125.pdf after its success for the Congo Mining Company, of Corning, Ohio
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Between 1885 and 1909, Dierdorff designed and secured thirty-five patents from the United States Patent Office related to mining and mining safety. One his most widely used patents involved the development of power systems (spark suppessive) to deliver electricity to miners underground result in the first safe delivery of electric light to miners working underground.
At the time of his retirement from Jeffery, Dierdorff oversaw the company's entire manufacturing facilities and processes.
Dierdorff was born near Seville
in Medina County, Ohio in 1851. Dierdorff married twice; first to Charlotte Miller (five children) and then to Hattie Monnette. He died in Columbus, Ohio
in 1935 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
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United States
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inventor in the field of mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
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Henry Beecher Dierdorff was an inventor of mining equipment, most notable for the first successful application of electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
to power mining equipment under the surface of earth.
While an engineer with Jeffery Mining and Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, Dierdorff developed insulation that could be packed around electric motor housings to suppress sparking found on early electrical motors. This technology allowed the first safe electric seam cutting tool in underground mining. This tool was capable of cutting anthracite coal and was known as the Congo Coal Cutter https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/32677/1/OH_MIN_JNL_v23_125.pdf after its success for the Congo Mining Company, of Corning, Ohio
Corning, Ohio
Corning is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corning is located at , along Sunday Creek....
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Between 1885 and 1909, Dierdorff designed and secured thirty-five patents from the United States Patent Office related to mining and mining safety. One his most widely used patents involved the development of power systems (spark suppessive) to deliver electricity to miners underground result in the first safe delivery of electric light to miners working underground.
At the time of his retirement from Jeffery, Dierdorff oversaw the company's entire manufacturing facilities and processes.
Dierdorff was born near Seville
Seville, Ohio
Seville is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,160 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Seville is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land....
in Medina County, Ohio in 1851. Dierdorff married twice; first to Charlotte Miller (five children) and then to Hattie Monnette. He died in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
in 1935 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Green Lawn Cemetery is a large and historically significant burial ground in Central Ohio, United States. Located in the southern section of Columbus, Ohio , it is the final resting place for many local notables and well-known figures from national history...
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Sources
- "Jeffery Service" Magazine, March 1935.
- Taylor, William Alexander, Centennial Hisorty of Columbus & Franklin County Ohio, The S. J. Clarke Puiblishing Company, 1909, Henry Beecher Dierdorf, Page 558.
- The Ohio State Journal, "DEATH CLAIMS H. BEECHER DIERDORFF" January 26, 1935.
- Find a Grave listing for Henry Beecher Dierdorff