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Von Gal, George E., Jr.
  • b. 27 Sep 1917; d. July 1980
  • "Local Inventor's Masterpiece: Picks 'Em, Stacks 'Em" Montgomery Advertiser 10 Nov 1957: 1-B.
Wegelin, Charles
  • b. 29 September 1877 - Pittsburg, TN; d. 5 April 1962 - Jefferson Co., AL
  • "Inventor, Founder of Business Dies" Birmingham News 6 April 1962: 22
Weinberg, Reuel Emil
  • b. 5 December 1896 - Atlanta, GA; d. 2 Feb 1963 - Birmingham, AL
  • "R. E. Weinberg" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Feb 1963: 19.
Westerhouse, Louis Martin
  • b. 1 Nov 1889 - Ytteroy, Trondheimsfjord Trondheim, Norway; d. 4 Nov 1984 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Local Frisco Foreman Granted Patent on Combination Tie Plate, Rail Brace and Rail Anchor" Birmingham News 4 March 1951: A-3.
  • "Louis Martin Westerhouse" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Nov 1984: 3-D.
Wheeler, Tilman E.
  • b. 11 May 1906 - Oxford, AL; d. 21 June 1976 - Jefferson Co., AL
  • "Tilman E. Wheeler" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Jun 1976: 18.
White, Francis Erskine
  • b. 30 Aug 1912 - Birmingham, AL; d. 28 Aug 2001 - Vestavia Hills, AL; bur.: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
  • "Francis Erskine White" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Aug 2001: 6-B.
White, Leonard Henderson
  • b. 1 March 1882; d. 21 August 1962
  • "L. H. White" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 August 1962: 51.
Wilkinson, James
  • "Steam Turbine is Making Progress: The Birmingham Inventor Receives Two Additional Patents from Canada - a Plant to be Erected Here" Birmingham Age-Herald 27 June 1904: 6.
Williams, Rinaldo M. G.
  • b. 12 Aug 1874 - Lee Co., AL; d. 6 Apr 1964
  • "Rinaldo Williams" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Apr 1964 : 26.
Wright, Paul
  • b. 29 May 1883 - GA; d. 1 Jan 1968 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Paul Wright" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Jan 1968: 25.
Wynn, Ted Ridgley
  • b. 1 June 1905 - Alabama; d. 6 August 1965 - Helena, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Rev. T. R. Wynn" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Aug 1965: 9.
Wyper, Andrew
  • b. 27 May 1887 - Morris Run, PA; d. December 1965 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Andrew Wyper" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Dec 1965: 34.
Youngblood, Ulysse H.
  • b. 1 Feb 1901 - Palos, AL; d. 11 July 1968 - Jefferson Co., AL
  • "Mr. Youngblood" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 July 1968: B-8.
Zink, William J.
  • b. about 1885 - England; d. 16 June 1962 - St. Petersburg, FL; buried: Montreal, Canada
  • "W. J. Zink" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 June 1962: 6.
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