Alfred Press
name: label: maker
content: Alfred, Augustus
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The machinist Augustus Alfred constructed this press in his Connecticut shop around 1850. Like many Americans of the time, Alfred did a lot of different work. He was a part-time clock maker, part-time farmer, and part-time machinist. Alfred likely built this particular press to form lightweight watch parts and other metal pieces required for his work. This press has a hand-actuated 38 inch flywheel with four inch stroke, a slide guiding system, and was belt-driven at some point in its history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Machine Shop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-M-7884
label: catalog number
content: MHI-M-7884
label: accession number
content: 235982
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, shear