SAMUEL WETHERILL
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N 40° 36.760 W 075° 22.591
18T E 468149 N 4495828
PHMC indicates this is in Lehigh county, but it is in Northampton.
Waymark Code: WMZN0
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2006
Views: 50
Marker Text:
Chemist, industrialist, inventor, & Civil War officer. In 1852 he developed a process for extracting white zinc oxide directly from zinc ore. In 1853 he founded the Lehigh Zinc Co., with a plant here, pioneering the manufacture of zinc spelter and zinc sheet.
Marker Name: Samuel Wetherill
County: Northampton
Date Dedicated: 09/23/2003
Marker Type: City
Location: North side of Columbia between Webster and Adams Sts., Bethlehem
Category: Business & Industry, Civil War, Invention, Medicine & Science, Military
Website: [Web Link]
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