Threshing on J.B. Lee farm north of Shelton, Nebraska
Summary
original size: 6x8
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
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Date
01/01/1888
Contributors
Solomon D. Butcher (Photographer)
Location
buffalo county
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain