Harrison Steam Boiler, Patent Office Model
name: label: inventor
content: Harrison, Jr., Joseph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Joseph Harrison, Jr. (1810-1874) was an American engineer who, in the 1840s, designed and built rolling stock and railroads for the Russian government. Returning home in 1852, he established the Harrison Safety Boiler Works in Philadelphia. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded Harrison its 1871 Rumford Gold Medal for his safety improvements to steam boilers. This is the patent model for his Improved Steam-Boiler patented in 1859 (U.S. Patent 25,640).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cliff Peterson, Santa Monica, California
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0233.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0233
label: accession number
content: 1984.0233
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0233.01
label: patent number
content: 25,640
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boiler, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, boiler, steam
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster, wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 12 in x 15 1/8 in x 11 in; 30.48 cm x 38.4175 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 11 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 30.1625 cm x 27.305 cm