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Steam engine of four horsepower by Messrs. Fenton, Murray & Wood, 1802. Applied to a mill for grinding bark – Historic Print

Steam engine of four horsepower by Messrs. Fenton, Murray & Wood, 1802. Applied to a mill for grinding bark, [between 1890 and 1940, originally published in 1826] — historic drawing
Steam engine of four horsepower by Messrs. Fenton, Murray & Wood, 1802. Applied to a mill for grinding bark, [between 1890 and 1940, originally published in 1826]. Historic drawing from the Horses 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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Steam engine of four horsepower by Messrs. Fenton, Murray & Wood, 1802. Applied to a mill for grinding bark

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Few early engine drawings name their purpose as plainly as this one: the engine powered a mill that ground tanners' bark, the material used to cure hides. Its maker, the Leeds firm of Fenton, Murray & Wood, dates it to 1802, and its four-horsepower rating uses a unit James Watt devised to compare engines with draft horses. The line drawing reproduces a plate by J. Farey, first published in 1826 and redrawn by Lowry, a reminder of how often steam was measured against the animals it replaced.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1940, originally published in 1826]
Medium1 print.
GenreEngineering drawings 1820-1830 Reproductions.Prints 1890-1940.
NotesReproduction of line drawing by Lowry after drawing by J. Farey.
SubjectsSteam engines--1820-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165163

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