Samuel Leeds Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSamuel Leeds Allen
Inventor of Planet Jr. farm tools and the Flexible Flyer steerable sled
Date of Birth: 05-May-1841
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 28-Mar-1918
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Samuel Leeds Allen
- Samuel Leeds Allen (May 5, 1841 – March 28, 1918) was the founder of S.L.
- Allen & Company in Philadelphia.
- He was the inventor of, and his company manufactured, both the Flexible Flyer sled and Planet Jr farm and garden equipment.
- For over one hundred years these products were the best selling and most famous market gardening tools and American sleds.
- During his lifetime and for the first half of the 20th century S.L.
- Allen was far more renowned for his company’s seed drills and cultivating equipment than the sleds.
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