Leopold Katzenstein

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[edit] Leopold Katzenstein

Löb aka Leopold Katzenstein was born in Rhina, Kreis Hunfeld, Hessen, Germany on 23 Jul 1843. He was raised in an orphanage after his father Abraham died. This may have been the Kassel Jüdisches Waisenhaus. He immigrated to the United States between 1868 - 1869 and became a successful Naval Architect and Marine Engineer. He was one of the founders of Temple Israel which was first located at 210 West 91st Street on Manhattan's West Side and is currently located on 75th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues.

His obituary in the New York Times 4 December 1915: -

Leopold Katzenstein, head of the firm of Leopold Katzenstein & Co., 358 West Street, and for the last forty-five years an inventor and manufacturer of attachments for steam engines, died yesterday at his home, 72 West Ninety-first Street. in his seventy-sixth year. He was born in Germany and received his education in the universities of his native country. Mr. Katzenstein came here forty-five years ago, and immediately commenced working on improvements for handling steam. Many of his inventions are used by ocean steamers all over the world.

Mr Katzenstein was a member of the Society of Naval Architects, the Society of Marine Engineers, the Railroad Club, the Society of Naval Engineers of Washington, D. C.; the Tecknischer Verein of Germany, and a number of charitable organizations. His wife, three sons, and a daughter survive him.