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Henry M. Crane
Henry Middlebrook Crane (June 16, 1874 – January 21, 1956) was an American engineer and pioneer in the automobile industry. He was the president of Crane Motor Car Company, vice president of engineering for the Simplex Automobile Company, and designed the Pontiac Six motor for General Motors.
Crame also designed speedboat motors for three American Power Boat Association Gold Cup champions and three Harmsworth Cup winners. During World War I, he designed and oversaw the production of airplane engines for Wright-Martin which were used by both French and United States warplanes. He also chaired the Liberty Engine Test Committee and helped create Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation, which developed and manufactured fighter planes.
In its 1924 silver anniversary issue, the Automobile Trade Journal selected Crane as one of the "Creative Workers" who played a significant role in the development and advancement of the automobile.
Crane was born in New York City on June 16, 1874, to Elizabeth and Jonathan Crane. His father was an officer of The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York and a commissioner of Jamaica, Queens. By 1892, his father was with the American Casualty Insurance and Security Company and came up with the idea of salary insurance.
Crane attended private schools before going to Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in mechanical engineering in 1895 and a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1896. While there, he joined the Fraternity of Delta Psi, was secretary and treasurer of the Exeter Club, and was the scribe of The Technology Zoo.
As a hobby, Crane started building racing boats with his brother Clinton H. Crane. Crane designed the engines and Clinton worked on the hulls. In July 1896, the brothers sailed their El Heirie for the Seawanhaka Challenge Cup at Oyster Bay, New York, with Clinton serving as captain, losing to the Canadian yacht Glencairn. In 1898, they sailed another of their designs, the 31 feet (9.4 m) yacht Seawanhaka, in the trials for the Sewanhaka-Corinthian International Challenge.
In September 1896, Crane became an engineer for the American Bell Telephone Company and worked at their experimental lab in Boston, Massachusetts. He patented an earth conductor or ground wire attachment in June 1897 and a common battery multiple switchboard in September 1897. In June 1899, Crane and T.C. Wales Jr. received a patent for a telephone toll circuit.
Crane began working for the New York branch of Western Electric Company in November 1898, remaining there through May 1906. While with Western Electric, he worked on experimental and engineering projects with telephones and switchboards. In 1906, he developed a gasoline launch engine.
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Henry M. Crane
Henry Middlebrook Crane (June 16, 1874 – January 21, 1956) was an American engineer and pioneer in the automobile industry. He was the president of Crane Motor Car Company, vice president of engineering for the Simplex Automobile Company, and designed the Pontiac Six motor for General Motors.
Crame also designed speedboat motors for three American Power Boat Association Gold Cup champions and three Harmsworth Cup winners. During World War I, he designed and oversaw the production of airplane engines for Wright-Martin which were used by both French and United States warplanes. He also chaired the Liberty Engine Test Committee and helped create Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation, which developed and manufactured fighter planes.
In its 1924 silver anniversary issue, the Automobile Trade Journal selected Crane as one of the "Creative Workers" who played a significant role in the development and advancement of the automobile.
Crane was born in New York City on June 16, 1874, to Elizabeth and Jonathan Crane. His father was an officer of The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York and a commissioner of Jamaica, Queens. By 1892, his father was with the American Casualty Insurance and Security Company and came up with the idea of salary insurance.
Crane attended private schools before going to Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in mechanical engineering in 1895 and a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1896. While there, he joined the Fraternity of Delta Psi, was secretary and treasurer of the Exeter Club, and was the scribe of The Technology Zoo.
As a hobby, Crane started building racing boats with his brother Clinton H. Crane. Crane designed the engines and Clinton worked on the hulls. In July 1896, the brothers sailed their El Heirie for the Seawanhaka Challenge Cup at Oyster Bay, New York, with Clinton serving as captain, losing to the Canadian yacht Glencairn. In 1898, they sailed another of their designs, the 31 feet (9.4 m) yacht Seawanhaka, in the trials for the Sewanhaka-Corinthian International Challenge.
In September 1896, Crane became an engineer for the American Bell Telephone Company and worked at their experimental lab in Boston, Massachusetts. He patented an earth conductor or ground wire attachment in June 1897 and a common battery multiple switchboard in September 1897. In June 1899, Crane and T.C. Wales Jr. received a patent for a telephone toll circuit.
Crane began working for the New York branch of Western Electric Company in November 1898, remaining there through May 1906. While with Western Electric, he worked on experimental and engineering projects with telephones and switchboards. In 1906, he developed a gasoline launch engine.