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Henry E. Hale

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Henry S. Hale was a Philadelphia inventor and industrialist. He was president of the Hale & Kilburn company of Philadelphia. 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 1911 for $9 million.