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The Oldest Steam Engine in America.

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Item No: pdcc00998
Title: The Oldest Steam Engine in America.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Reproduction of pen-and-ink sketch by Frank Taylor of the Perot steam engine. Built by Thomas Holloway, in 1819, the engine was in constant use at Perot's Malt House for over fifty years.

Clipped from The City of Philadelphia as it appears in the year 1894.


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.10
Creator Name: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927 - Artist
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler

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