A Glimpse of Cramp's i.e. William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa
Summary
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906).
"G 2748" on negative.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018563.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
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01/01/1905
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Library of Congress
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