Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Rehbein, Henry L. August 9, 1878 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 243
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     HENRY L. REHBEIN, president of the Interstate Boiler Works, is one of 
Portland's energetic and progressive business men and the success which has 
come to him is fully merited, for he has exercised judgment in all of his 
affairs and is reliable and fair in his business dealings. Mr. Rehbein was 
born in Portland on the 9th of August, 1878, and is a son of William and 
Louise Rehbein, who became residents of this city in 1877. The father was a 
wagon maker by trade, in which line of work he engaged here for many years. 
His death occurred in 1922 and he is survived by his widow, who still resides 
in this city.

     Henry L. Rehbein attended the public schools of Portland and then learned 
the boilermaking trade, with which business he is still identified. He was 
with the Willamette Iron and Steel Company for eighteen years, during the last 
six years of which period he held the position of general foreman. Later he 
became superintendent of the steel department for the Supple Bailin Shipyards, 
and for four years was with the Warren Construction Company. In 1920 he bought 
his present plant, which had been operated as the Interstate Boiler Works, 
owned successively by various parties. Mr. Rehbein reorganized the business, 
of which he is president and Harry J. Lee, secretary and treasurer. They 
occupy a building, one hundred by one hundred feet, equipped with modern 
machinery and tools, and are here engaged in the general repairing of boilers, 
in which line of work they employ from eight to twenty men.

     On August 30, 1900, Mr. Rehbein was united in marriage to Miss Grace 
Lewis, who was born at Medford, Oregon. Mr. Rehbein is a republican in his 
political views and is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Order of 
Railway Employees. Good work and prompt service characterize the operation of 
his plant and in the business circles of this city he has won a high 
reputation for dependability. He is a man of cordial and friendly manner and 
is greatly esteemed by all who know him.

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