About Henry G. Lykken
Lived 1880 – 1958 (aged 77). Henry G. Lykken was a civil engineer.
Henry G. Lykken (December 9, 1880 – April 5, 1958) was an American civil engineer and inventor who is credited with invention of: emergency tires, pneumatic grain elevators, coal pulverizers, and the original flour milling equipment adopted by Pillsbury Mills.
Henry G. Lykken was born in Dakota County, Minnesota and raised in Walsh County, North Dakota. He was the eldest of nine children born to Gilman Lykken (1854 - 1939), who emigrated from Telemark, Norway and Ella (Thoreson) Lykken (1860 - 1953). He was the father of David T. Lykken and grandfather of Joseph Lykken.
Lykken graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1905 with the B.A. degree and M.E. degree in 1906 in mining engineering.
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American inventor (1880–1958)
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Henry G. Lykken was born on 9 December 1880.
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Henry G. Lykken died on 5 April 1958.
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Henry G. Lykken was a civil engineer.
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