Detail View of Front of Steam Engine, circa 1912

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Artifact Overview

By the late 1800s, steam powered most American factories. Steam engines like this one in Ohio generated factory power well into the 20th century. A system of belts, pulleys, and shafts conveyed energy from the engine room to factory machines.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1912

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.3.7.22

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.063 in
Width: 9.938 in

Detail View of Front of Steam Engine, circa 1912