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- Armington & Sims Engine Co., Providence, Rhode Island - This building essentially provides support for a system of shafts and pulleys that distribute mechanical energy to the rows of metal working machine tools arranged along the building's length. 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.
- 1881-1896
- Collections - Artifact
Armington & Sims Engine Co., Providence, Rhode Island
This building essentially provides support for a system of shafts and pulleys that distribute mechanical energy to the rows of metal working machine tools arranged along the building's length. 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.
- Armington & Sims Engine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929 - 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.
- 1889-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Armington & Sims Engine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929
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.
- Armington & Sims Machine Shop - This building essentially provides support for a system of shafts and pulleys that distribute mechanical energy to the rows of metal working machine tools arranged along the building's length. 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.
- 1930
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Armington & Sims Machine Shop
This building essentially provides support for a system of shafts and pulleys that distribute mechanical energy to the rows of metal working machine tools arranged along the building's length. 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.
- Armington & Sims Steam Engine Used with Edison Jumbo Dynamo, 1882 - Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. This is the sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, and it was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882.
- 1882
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Armington & Sims Steam Engine Used with Edison Jumbo Dynamo, 1882
Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. This is the sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, and it was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882.
- Armington & Sims 2-cylinder Vertical Marine Steam Engine, 1896 - This ten-horsepower vertical steam engine was likely among the last manufactured by Armington & Sims of New England before the company's bankruptcy. Advanced for its time, the engine's oversquare five-inch bore and three-inch stroke allowed it to operate at speeds up to 400 r.p.m. Reportedly, the engine was built for a yacht that was never completed.
- 1896
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Armington & Sims 2-cylinder Vertical Marine Steam Engine, 1896
This ten-horsepower vertical steam engine was likely among the last manufactured by Armington & Sims of New England before the company's bankruptcy. Advanced for its time, the engine's oversquare five-inch bore and three-inch stroke allowed it to operate at speeds up to 400 r.p.m. Reportedly, the engine was built for a yacht that was never completed.
- Steam Engine in Armington and Sims Machine Shop in Greenfield Village -
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Steam Engine in Armington and Sims Machine Shop in Greenfield Village
- Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929 - 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.
- 1889-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929
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.
- Portrait of Pardon Armington, 1894 -
- 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Pardon Armington, 1894
- Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929 - 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.
- 1889-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929
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.
- Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929 -
- 1889-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929