Leopold Katzenstein

Leopold Katzenstein (* July 23, 1843 Rhina (then circle Hünfeld ); † December 3, 1915 New York City ) was an American shipbuilder and engineer of German origin.

Katzenstein grew after the death of his father Abraham believed in the Jewish orphanage in Kassel. He emigrated in 1868 or 1869 in the United States, where he was successful as a shipbuilder and mechanical engineer. He was the owner of the company " Leopold Katzenstein & Co. ", which produced parts for steam engines on ships. Around the year 1885 he received a patent on the purification of feed water for steam boilers. He was one of the founders of the community, " Temple Israel ", whose house was at that time on the west side of Manhattan peninsula.

His obituary was published on December 4, 1915 in the New York Times.

Leopold Katzenstein, director of the company " Leopold Katzenstein & Co. ", 358 West Street, died yesterday at the age of 76 years at his home in the 72 West Ninety -first Street. In the past 45 years, he invented devices for steam engines and set them round. He came from Germany and studied at the universities of his country of birth. He came here 45 years ago and began working immediately on improvements in steam engines. Many of his inventions are on steam ships anywhere in the world in action.

Mr. Katzenstein was a member of the Society of Naval Architects, the Society of Marine Engineers, the Railroad Club, the Society of Naval Engineers of Washington, DC, the German Engineering Association and a variety of charities. His wife, three sons and a daughter survived him.

Trivia

In Frankenau, in Waldeck- Frankenberg in Hesse, he built the house Katzenstein, which has been converted into two apartments and a savings bank in 2007.

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• Engineer, inventor, engineer
• Americans
• Born in 1843
• Died in 1915
• Man