Samuel Wetherill
(1821-1890)
Chemist, industrialist, inventor, and Civil War officer. In 1852 he developed a process for extracting white zinc oxide directly from zinc ore. In 1853 he founded the Lehigh Zinc Co., with a plant here, pioneering the manufacture of zinc spelter and zinc sheet.
Marker is on Columbia Street west of Webster Street, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
