Henry S Hale

Henry S. Hale was a Philadelphia inventor and industrialist. He was co-owner of the Hale & Kilburn company of Philadelphia along with Cheney Kilburn. The Hale & Kilburn company's primary business was the production of railroad car seats for the expanding American railroad companies. The Hale & Kilburn company was sold to J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1912 for $9 million.