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Article: The History of Haws Corp.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
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- August 1, 2001
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At the turn of the century, Luther Terry Tuttle Ensign Haws was a self-employed plumber and sheet metal contractor, as well as Berkeley, California's sanitary inspector. In 1905, while on his rounds at a public school, he noticed the children drinking water from a common tin cup. This unsanitary, though typical, arrangement inspired the inventor in him. He returned to his plumbing shop and using available parts--the ball from a brass bedstead and a self-closing rabbit ear valve--he assembled the world's first drinking faucet. The Berkeley School department liked the idea and installed the first model.
Drinking faucet sales grew to the point where Luther was able ...