Jeremiah Burnham Tainter

{{Short description|American inventor (1836–1920)}}

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Jeremiah Burnham Tainter (January 6, 1836 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin – February 5, 1920) was an inventor and engineer known for having designed the Tainter gate in 1886.{{cite news|title=Menomonie Historical Society Dedicates Museum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25346333/jeremiah_burnham_tainter_18361920/|newspaper=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |date=May 24, 1998|page=10|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = November 13, 2018 }} {{Open access}} He began his work in hydrology in 1862, with the modification of pre-existing mill pond dams in Menomonie.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104015654/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=10393&search_term=tainter Tainter, Jeremiah Burnham 1836 - 1920] 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.{{Clarify|date=February 2023|reason= unclear or ambiguous}}

Tainter's inventions include:

• {{us patent|226455}} Thomas Parker, Jeremiah B. Tainter, Andrew Tainter & James Downing, "Sluiceway-gate." Issued April 13, 1880.
• {{us patent|241443}} Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Fifth wheel for vehicles." Issued May 10, 1881.
• {{us patent|241444}} Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Automatic sluiceway gate." Issued May 10, 1881.
• {{us patent|344877}} Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Coffer-dam." Issued July 6, 1886.
• {{us patent|344878}} Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Sluiceway gate." Issued July 6, 1886.
• {{us patent|344879}} Jeremiah Burnham Tainter, "Canal-lock." Issued July 6, 1886.
• {{us patent|400511}} Jeremiah Burnham Tainter & Nathan B. Noble, "Snap-hook." Issued April 2, 1889.
• {{us patent|1082291}} Jeremiah B. Tainter, "Dam." Issued December 23, 1913.