Herbert Morton with the Newcomen Engine, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, England, 1929
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In 1929, Henry Ford acquired the oldest known surviving steam engine. It lay in ruin near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Ford charged Herbert Morton, an employee working in England, to gather what remained of the original engine and transport it to Dearborn, Michigan. This photograph shows Morton on the engine's site with a later boiler that was not retained by Henry Ford.
In 1929, Henry Ford acquired the oldest known surviving steam engine. It lay in ruin near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Ford charged Herbert Morton, an employee working in England, to gather what remained of the original engine and transport it to Dearborn, Michigan. This photograph shows Morton on the engine's site with a later boiler that was not retained by Henry Ford.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
July 1929
Keywords
United Kingdom, England, Greater Manchester, Ashton under Lyne
Engines (Power producing equipment)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.3333
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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