Steam Steering Apparatus, Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-11-24
label: patent date
content: 1878-09-24
name: label: patentee
content: Gates, John
label: inventor
content: Gates, John
notes: label: Description
content: As ships became larger and heavier in the second half of the nineteenth century, they also grew more difficult to steer by manpower alone. Numerous inventors sought ways to assist steering through steam power, hydraulics, springs, and other means. This model demonstrates John Gates's 1878 invention of a steering apparatus employing either steam or high-pressure water.
label: Description
content: John Gates, a native of Maine, was chief engineer of the Portland-based Oregon Steam Navigation Company, a regional steamboat operator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Oregon, Portland
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.308559
label: catalog number
content: 308559
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 208,231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steam steerer, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, steering apparatus, steam
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model, steering apparatus, steam; steam steerer; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm x 30.48 cm