Anthony Reckenzaun

Anthony Reckenzaun (23 March 1850 – 11 November 1893) was an electrical engineer who worked in the UK and the United States.

Born in Graz, Austrian Empire on 23 March 1850, and died of consumption at his home in Stockwell, London at 2 a.m. on 11 November 1893.

[3] After receiving a practical education at the Technical School in Graz, and with a view to widening his engineering knowledge, he moved to England in 1872.

When John Richard Ravenhill left the partnership in 1875, the business transferred to the works of his former co-partners, Messrs Easton and Anderson of Erith, Kent - engineers, millwrights, and lead pipe manufacturers, and Reckenzaun followed the firm.

In connection with the Erith ironworks, Reckenzaun established evening classes for the workmen, lecturing in machine construction and drawing, and steam.

After visiting the Paris Exposition of 1878, he determined to pursue a career in electrical engineering and attended Professor William Edward Ayrton's lectures at Finsbury Technical College which later became the City and Guilds.

[5] He was an early electric motor designer and, paid particular attention to bogie cars and worm gear in this connection.

His traction motors were applied to the first large scale telpherage system for the Sussex Portland Cement Company at Glynde in 1885.