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About Henry Disston
Henry Disston was an English American industrialist who founded the Keystone Saw Works in 1840 and developed the surrounding Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia to build housing for his workers. His company became the Disston Saw Works and was the top manufacturer of hand saws in the United States during the late 19th-century and early 20th century.
Everything about Henry Disston →- Occupation
- businessperson, industrialist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 24, 1819
- Died
- March 16, 1878