Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929
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Inside the Armington & Sims Engine Company machine shop, a system of shafts and pulleys distributed mechanical energy to rows of metal working machine tools. The machinists who worked in shops like this could tackle a wide range of jobs. America's nineteenth century machine shops were a training ground for many technological innovators.
Inside the Armington & Sims Engine Company machine shop, a system of shafts and pulleys distributed mechanical energy to rows of metal working machine tools. The machinists who worked in shops like this could tackle a wide range of jobs. America's nineteenth century machine shops were a training ground for many technological innovators.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1889-1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.81
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in
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