Name William Burden | Died 1867 | |
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William Fletcher Burden (March 14, 1830 – December 7, 1867) was an industrialist born in Troy, New York.
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Early life
William F. Burden was born March 14, 1830 in Troy, New York, the third son of Henry Burden and Helen Burden. Burden attended Troy Polytechnic Institute (later known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).
Career
The steam derricks, used for unloading coal, at the Burden Iron Works were designed William. A wire cable stretched between, on which an iron carriage traveled three hundred feet from the dock to the coal heap, carrying a self-dumping bucket with the capacity to hold a ton of coal. A steam engine hoisted the filled bucket to the cable, along which it traveled to the point where the tilting apparatus overturned its contents upon the pile.
Personal life
In 1856, he married to Julia Ann Hart (1833–1887), daughter of Hon. Richard P. Hart from Troy. Together, they were the parents of four sons, only two of which survived to adulthood:
Burden died in Troy on 7 December 1867 at the age of thirty-eight, and was interred in family vault in the Albany Rural Cemetery. After his death, the iron works were inherited by his nephew, James A. Burden II. A memorial plaque dedicated to William Fletcher Burden is in the Woodside Church, Troy, New York.