Ervin George Bailey 1880-1974 #2-50 - Damascus, OH
Posted by: silverquill
N 40° 54.152 W 080° 57.294
17T E 503798 N 4527938
This historical marker honoring the industrialist Ervin George Bailey is located on the grounds of the Grade School Museum in the small unincorporated communtity of Damascus, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM3ZZC
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2008
Views: 17
Ervin George Bailey, who was born in Damascus, Ohio, invented the revolutionary "Bailey Boiler Meter," a major contribution to the science of automation and the efficient burning of fuels. In 1916, he founded the Bailey Meter Company of Wickliffe, Ohio - a world supplier of industrial instrumentation and controls. Considered the "Dean of Combustion Engineers," Mr. Bailey held more than 100 patents in the fields of meters, automatic controls, furnaces, boilers, and fuel burning equipment.
Marker Number: 2-50
County: Mahonining County
Significance of Location: Person
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
Bicentenial Mark: Not Listed
|
Visit Instructions: If possible, unique photographs taken at the site, are requested. These can be of the site, your companions on your visit, or whatever. Tell of what you learned or thought of the site.
Recent Visits/Logs:
There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|