US Patent: 80,143
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| Improvement in hydrants
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Patentee:
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| Zebulon E. Coffin (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Jul. 21, 1868 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for Z. E. Coffin
Vintage Machinery entry for Boston Machine Co.
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| In 1879 the president of the Boston Machine Co. was William E. Coffin.Birdsill Holly is often credited as the inventor of the modern fire hydrant (patent 94,749) but this earlier patent, to Zebulon Erastus Coffin, incorporates just about every feature of a modern hydrant. |
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