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- Burden Water Wheel, circa 1900 - 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.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Burden Water Wheel, circa 1900
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.
- Burden Water Wheel, circa 1900 - 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.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Burden Water Wheel, circa 1900
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.