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[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Fly wheel, cam ring, fly wheel gudgeon] – Historic Print

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Fly wheel, cam ring, fly wheel gudgeon], 1810 March 22. — historic drawing
[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Fly wheel, cam ring, fly wheel gudgeon], 1810 March 22.. Historic drawing from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This drawing is a detail study of the steam engine at the Washington Navy Yard, with close attention to the flywheel, cam ring, and flywheel gudgeon, the bearing that supports the wheel's axle. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect and engineer who served as Surveyor of the Public Buildings in Washington, prepared it in Philadelphia on March 22, 1810. Steam power was still new in American workshops then, and the Navy Yard, the young federal shipbuilding center on the Anacostia River, was one of the places where it was put to practical use. The sheet's pencil and wash lines show how Latrobe worked out the mechanical parts before they were built.

Created / published1810 March 22.
Medium1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
GenreEngineering drawings 1810.
SubjectsInscriptions on recto: Philada 22nd March 1810" -- "Engine Navy Yard Washington" -- "23." Lined with paper. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,082 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118111

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