Charles Campbell Worthington, or C.C. Worthington, (January 1854 – October 1944) was an American industrialist whose efforts were in part responsible for the foundation of the Professional Golfers Association. He invented the first commercially successful gang lawnmower for fairway maintenance. Early life Charles Campbell Worthington was born in Brooklyn, New York in January 1854, son of Sara Newton and Henry Rossiter Worthington. His father had invented the first direct-acting steam pump in 1840. He graduated from the School of Mines at Columbia University. Career After graduating from Columbia, he entered the family business, eventually taking over the Worthington Company upon his father's death in 1880. Worthington Pumping Engine Company While head of the company, Worthington contributed many useful improvements to pumps, compressors, and other machines. In 1885 the Worthington Pumping Engine Company, representatives of Worthington pumps of the United States, obtained an order from the British Army to deliver ten high-pressure pumps to deliver water needed by the British Expeditionary army coming to the aid of General Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan. The British pump suppliers did not have the capacity to deliver the pumps fast enough. The British company James Simpson & Co. learned of the Worthington company because of this order, and on 13 December 1885 signed an agreement with the Worthington Pumping Engine Company under which they gained exclusive manufacturing rights for Worthington pumps in Britain. In 1899, Worthington sold his interests in the Worthington Pump Co. to a consortium of six leading pump manufacturers. The combined company became the International Steam Pump Company. Worthington was president of the company. The International Pump Company was forced to dissolve due to findings under the Sherman Antitrust Act, and in 1903 Worthington retired. Worthington Automobile Company After retiring from pump manufacturing, Worthington designed and built six Worthington Meteor steam automobiles. He then became interested in gasoline engines and organized the Worthington Automobile Company. This company built several types of pleasure car. Worthington was financed by the Vanderbilt fortune. In 1904, he purchased the rights and property of the Berg Automobile Company. In 1905, Berg cars were built by Worthington, which was also building its first Meteor cars. By the end of 1905, the Berg-Worthington collaboration had failed. Shawnee on Delaware In the late 1890s, Worthington began to spend an increasing amount of time at his country home in Shawnee on Delaware, in Pennsylvania on the banks of the Delaware River,