Harlan & Hollingsworth Steam Engine, 1851
date: label: Date made
content: 1851
name: label: maker
content: Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
notes: label: Description
content: This stationary walking-beam steam engine generated forty horsepower to operate woodworking machines at the Southern Railway's shops in Charleston, South Carolina. The engine ran for 75 years, from 1852 to 1927.
label: Description
content: The engine's vertical cylinder and graceful walking beam recall the pioneering steam engines of British engineer Thomas Newcomen, who found commercial application for the expansive powers of steam, not to power other machines but to pump water out of mines.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Delaware, Wilmington
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Southern Railway System, Washington, D. C.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.314791
label: catalog number
content: 314791
label: accession number
content: 209703
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Steam
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 ft x 14 ft x 6 1/2 ft; 3.5052 m x 4.2672 m x 1.9812 m