Hesketh got Parmalee his first order for sprinkler installations in the cotton spinning mills of John Stones & Company, at Astley Bridge, Bolton. The Directors of this Company and its Secretary, Peter Kevan, took an interest in Parmalee’s early experiments. The first of was Major Hesketh, a cotton spinner in a large business in Bolton who was also Chairman of the Bolton Cotton Trades Mutual Insurance Company. In this connection, he was able to enlist the interest of two men, who both had connections in the insurance industry. He knew that he could never succeed in obtaining contracts from the business owners to install his system unless he could ensure for them a reasonable return in the form of reduced premiums. He explained that the sprinkler system would reduce the loss ratio, and thus save money for the insurance companies. Once he realized this, he turned his efforts to educating insurance companies about his system. Parmalee's invention did not get as much attention as he had planned, as most people could not afford to install a sprinkler system. He then traveled to Europe to demonstrate his method to stop a building fire before total destruction. Parmalee patented his idea and had great success with it in the U.S., calling his invention the "automatic fire extinguisher". He was the president of Mathusek Piano Works, and invented his sprinkler system in response to exorbitantly high insurance rates. Henry S. Parmalee of New Haven, Connecticut created and installed the first automatic fire sprinkler system in 1874, using solder that melted in a fire to unplug holes in the otherwise sealed water pipes. Maxim was unable to sell the idea elsewhere, though when the patent expired, the idea was used. It would douse the areas that were on fire and report the fire to the fire station. It was not until a short time later that, as a result of a large furniture factory that repeatedly burned down, Hiram Stevens Maxim was consulted on how to prevent a recurrence and invented the first automatic fire sprinkler. When someone noticed a fire, a valve outside the building could be opened to send water through the pipes. In 1812, British inventor Sir William Congreve patented a manual sprinkler system using perforated pipes along the ceiling.
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