Before revision: The Tainter gate was invented in 1886 by Tainter , an employee of the giant lumber firm , Knapp, Stout and Co. Company , for use on the company's dam on the Red Cedar River forming Lake Menomin in Menomonie, Wisconsin .
After revision: The Jeremiah Burnham Tainter (1836–1920) gate was invented in 1886 by Tainter , an employee of lumber firm Knapp, Stout and Co. Company , for use on the company's dam that forms Lake Menomin in the United States .