Henry S. Parmalee, a piano maker from New Haven, Connecticut, invented a fire sprinkler system in 1874 to protect his piano factory. While other patents for fire sprinklers predated Parmalee's work, he is credited with the first practical automated sprinkler head. His piano company The Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co, is credited as being the first building in the United States to be equipped with a fire suppression system (automated sprinkler system).

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  • Henry S. Parmalee, a piano maker from New Haven, Connecticut, invented a fire sprinkler system in 1874 to protect his piano factory. While other patents for fire sprinklers predated Parmalee's work, he is credited with the first practical automated sprinkler head. His piano company The Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co, is credited as being the first building in the United States to be equipped with a fire suppression system (automated sprinkler system).
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  • Henry S. Parmalee, a piano maker from New Haven, Connecticut, invented a fire sprinkler system in 1874 to protect his piano factory. While other patents for fire sprinklers predated Parmalee's work, he is credited with the first practical automated sprinkler head. His piano company The Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co, is credited as being the first building in the United States to be equipped with a fire suppression system (automated sprinkler system).
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  • Henry S. Parmalee
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