Jeremiah Burnham Tainter
Jeremiah Burnham Tainter was an inventor and engineer known for having designed the Tainter gate in 1886. He began his work in hydrology in 1862, with the modification of pre-existing mill pond dams in Menomonie. Tainter was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co., the largest lumber manufacturer in the United States in the last quarter of the 19th century. His brother Andrew Tainter was a principal in Knapp, Stout.
Tainter's inventions include:
- Thomas Parker, Jeremiah B. Tainter, Andrew Tainter & James Downing, "Sluiceway-gate." Issued April 13, 1880.
- Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Fifth wheel for vehicles." Issued May 10, 1881.
- Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Automatic sluiceway gate." Issued May 10, 1881.
- Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Coffer-dam." Issued July 6, 1886.
- Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Sluiceway gate." Issued July 6, 1886.
- Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Canal-lock." Issued July 6, 1886.
- Jeremiah Burnham Tainter & Nathan B. Noble, "Snap-hook." Issued April 2, 1889.
- Jeremiah B. Tainter, "Dam." Issued December 23, 1913.
