Burden Water Wheel, circa 1900
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Artifact Overview
Henry Burden (1791-1871) built this water wheel in 1851 to power his Troy, New York, iron works. Situated on Wynantskill Creek, the massive, 62-foot water wheel powered machinery that created mass-produced horseshoes and railroad spikes. This image shows the wheel around 1900, after it was abandoned in the 1890s. Many still consider Burden's water wheel the most powerful vertical water wheel in history.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1900
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1803.1
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in
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