R.T. Coverdale engineer & contractor for the erection of gas works, Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co. Cin. O. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of R.T. Coverdale engineer & contractor for the erection of gas works, Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co. Cin. O.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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R.T. Coverdale engineer & contractor for the erection of gas works, Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co. Cin. O.
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This color lithograph presents the gas works Robert T. Coverdale built as an engineer and contractor in Cincinnati, Ohio, and its title advertises both his trade and the plant's daily output of gas, measured in cubic feet per day. Strobridge & Co., a Cincinnati lithography firm, produced the print around 1868, when coal gas was the main fuel for city street lighting and for lamps in homes and businesses. Plates like this were often used to promote an engineer's work to city councils and private companies, so the view shows the generating and purifying equipment as a source of civic pride. Coverdale copyrighted the image in his own name, which suggests he meant it to circulate under his firm's reputation.
| Created / published | c1868. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | 000 cubic feet per diem."" |
| Notes | Copyright by Robert T. Coverdale. Generating & purifying capacity |
| Subjects | Gas industry--1860-1870. Industrial buildings--1860-1870. Interiors--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,468 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216096 |
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