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Marker Detail: Corliss Centennial Engine
Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: June 18, 2017
Caption: Marker Detail: Corliss Centennial Engine
Additional Description:
The Corliss Steam Engine Company on West River Street constructed the vertical "Centennial Engine" to power the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. It was viewed by nine million visitors. At its peak, 1,000 workers and engineers produced steam engines shipped throughout the world.
Submitted: August 30, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p396829
File Size: 0.963 Megabytes

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