page_title: Edwin Ruud
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caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Norwegian mechanical engineer and inventor, Edwin Ruud of Ruud Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg PA as shown in "Ruud Completes Quarter Century" from Gas Age, Volume 50, published in 1922.
context_page_description: Edwin Ruud was a Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor who immigrated to the United States where he designed, sold, and popularized the tankless-water heater. He was the founder and President of Ruud Manufacturing Company, now a division of Rheem Manufacturing Company.
context_section_description: Edwin Ruud (9 June 1854 – 9 December 1932) was a Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor who immigrated to the United States where he designed, sold, and popularized the tankless-water heater. He was the founder and President of Ruud Manufacturing Company, now a division of Rheem Manufacturing Company.
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