[This is a temporary page while the F. Hennebohle page is under construction.] ================================================================= Frank Hennebohle Inventor and Manufacturer of Steam and Hydraulic Specialties Born: Sep. 20, 1856 Ruethen, Westphalia, Germany Died: Apr. 18, 1939 Chicago, Illinois, USA =================================================================== Daily Calumet July 9, 1935 FRANK HENNEBOHLE, 79 YEARS OLD, INVENTOR, MAKES VALVES FOR STEAMSHIP NORMANDIE Frank Hennebohle, 79 years of age, 8038 Constance avenue, owner of the Steam Valve Manufacturing and Machine Shop bearing his name at Eighty-first street and South Chicago avenue, made twelve valves for the Steamship Normandie, the latest ocean liner creation, which travels from New York to France. Mr. Hennebohle, who is the inven- tor of some 100 different valves and hydraulic specialties, has made valves and pistons for patrons all over the world. He has made the four largest automatic valves in the world. These were sold to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. He also sold the Carnegie Steel Cor- poration the second largest valves. Mr. Hennebohle was born in Reuthen, Germany, Sept. 30, 1856. He had only three years of school- ing in the German parochial schools. He is father of eight children. Three - Martha, Henry and Frank - are deceased, and five daughters are living, all married. They are: Mrs. Theresa Tost, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Elizabeth Prine, Chicago; Mrs. Anna F. Schumann, Calumet City, Ill.; Mrs. Marie Plath, Chi- cago, and Mrs. Catherine Sieben, Chicago. He has 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Started When Twelve Years Old Mr. Hennebohle started to work when he became 12 years old. He was a master mechanic with the Bachumer Vernien Bachum in Ger- many, from 1875 to 1880, when he left for America. He first settled in Pittsburgh, and in 1881 he came to South Chicago. He was a student of geology and studied the South Chicago district. It was at this time that he said that some day South Chicago would be one of the biggest steel mill dis- tricts in America, because of the excellent water and land transpor- tation. He was employed at the Illinois Steel Company until 1889 when he opened his own business and shop at 9048 Brandon avenue, and moved later to South Chicago and Baltimore avenues. He was forced to leave this location because of the building of a rail- road. He then moved to his pres- ent site. Awarded Patents Mr. Hennebohle was awarded nu- merous different patents for de- vices applying to steam, hydraulic, gas, air and ammonia pressures, which are used to save life and property and make hard work easy. He was awarded a medal and di- ploma, and also an honorable men- tion diploma at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. He is a member of the Illinois Mfg. Assn. Power Plant Engineers, and to use his own words: "I am a Republican with Democratic tendencies." Mr. Hennebohle's first wife died in May, 1920. He married Louise Weller, of Port Washington, Wis., on April 2, 1921. She assists him as his secretary and bookkeeper. Mrs. Hennebohle is 62 years of age. Both Active Both Mr. and Mrs. Hennebohle are still very active, and have a keen sense of humor. Mr. Henne- bohle still works every day in his laboratory in the shop. They both take care of their beautiful back yard which has an aquarium and a profusion of flowers and shrub- bery. They also have a grape vine- yard and a small cherry orchard in an adjacent lot. When asked by a DAILY CALU- MET reported [SIC] if he had ever been active in any sport, Mr. Hennebohle said: "I had no time for that stuff; I always was studying something about machinery." The valves which Mr. Hennebohle made for the "Normandie" were 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 feet. The were sold to the Munday Hoisting Company, contract engineers in Newark, N.J. ====================================================================== F. HENNEBOHLE PATENTS US Patent# Date Description ---------- ----------- --------------------------------- 323,144 1885 Jul 28 Valve 339,771 1886 Apr 13 Metalic packing for stuffing boxes 345,056 1886 Jul 6 Valve 419,440 1890 Jan 14 Pressure regulating valve and govenor 572,296 1896 Dec 1 Back pressure valve 572,297 1896 Dec 1 Safety valve 693,133 1902 Feb 11 Automatic duplex check and stop valve 763,889 1904 Jun 28 Balanced hydraulic valve 789,855 1905 May 16 Relief and back-pressure valve 817,773 1906 Apr 17 Balanced hydraulic valve 831,159 1906 Sep 18 Cock 857,802 1907 Jun 25 Engine 907,597 1908 Dec 22 Packing 933,731 1909 Sep 7 Safety system for ammonia refrigeration apparatus 945,458 1910 Jan 4 Metalic packing 974,266 1910 Nov 1 Engine stop 1,086,047 1914 Feb 3 Engine 1,147,861 1915 Jul 27 Packaging liquids 1,152,176 1915 Aug 31 Butterfly valve 1,186,780 1916 Jun 13 Self-controlling reducing valve 1,237,335 1917 Aug 21 Govenor-actuated fluid controller 1,283,179 1918 Oct 29 Hydraulic mechanism and valve for same 1,294,461 1919 Feb 18 Two fluid control valve 1,344,300 1920 Jun 22 Back pressure and relief valve 1,368,147 1921 Feb 8 Hydraulic testing system 1,533,800 1925 Apr 14 Apparatus for controllinf steam pressure in boilers 1,555,855 1925 Oct 6 Oil burner 1,600,468 1926 Sep 1 Automatic sprinkler alarm valve 1,617,711 1927 Feb 15 Combined relief and vacuum valve 1,741,364 1929 Dec 31 Oil burner 1,861,916 1932 Jun 7 Balanced quick operating valve 1,899,328 1933 Feb 28 Balanced throttle and trip valve 1,923,621 1933 Aug 22 Cushioned relief and check valve 1,936,715 1933 Nov 28 High and low pressure operating balanced valve 1,950,983 1934 Mar 13 Strainer 1,960,874 1934 May 29 Reciprocating motion engine stop 1,970,888 1934 Aug 21 Balanced plug type throttle valve 2,075,986 1937 Apr 6 Gaseous fuel consuming heating apparatus ====================================================================