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Water Powered Letter Press
Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: August 24, 2009
Caption: Water Powered Letter Press
Additional Description: This letter press was manufactured by R. Hoe and Co. of New York and installed in 1864. It was powered by a water pressure turbine known as a water-motor. It powered a shaft that belt-drives the press. The press was displayed by Well Fargo Co. at the Worlds Fair on Treasure Island in San Francisco in 1939 along with the desk used by Mark Twain at the Enterprise.
Submitted: August 25, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75113
File Size: 2.784 Megabytes

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