William P. Bettendorf

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William P. Bettendorf was an American inventor and industrialist whose manufacturing innovations and business ventures were central to the development of the city that now bears his name, Bettendorf, Iowa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Joseph W. Bettendorf 2
William P. Bettendorf canonical 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inventor ⓘ
basedIn Scott County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Davenport, Iowa ⓘ
causeOfDeath appendicitis ⓘ
coFounderOf Bettendorf Axle Company ⓘ
coFounderWith Joseph W. Bettendorf ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1854-07-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1910-06-03 ⓘ
employer Bettendorf Axle Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup German American ⓘ
familyName Bettendorf ⓘ
linked to: Bettendorf, Iowa
fieldOfWork agricultural machinery ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
railroad equipment ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasInfluenced development of the city of Bettendorf, Iowa ⓘ
hasPartnership business partnership with his brother Joseph W. Bettendorf ⓘ
industry farm implement manufacturing ⓘ
railroad car manufacturing ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
namesakeOf Bettendorf, Iowa ⓘ
notableAchievement helped transform a small river settlement into an industrial city ⓘ
pioneered cast‑steel one‑piece underframes for freight cars ⓘ
notableFor central role in the early growth of Bettendorf, Iowa ⓘ
manufacturing innovations in railroad and farm equipment ⓘ
notableWork Bettendorf metal railway car ⓘ
improvements in farm machinery ⓘ
one‑piece steel truck frame for railroad cars ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Leavenworth, Kansas ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bettendorf, Iowa ⓘ
residence Bettendorf, Iowa ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Joseph W. Bettendorf ⓘ
workLocation Bettendorf, Iowa ⓘ
Davenport, Iowa ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bettendorf, Iowa → namedAfter → William P. Bettendorf ⓘ
William P. Bettendorf → sibling → Joseph W. Bettendorf ⓘ
linked to: William P. Bettendorf
William P. Bettendorf → coFounderWith → Joseph W. Bettendorf ⓘ
linked to: William P. Bettendorf