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Maplewood Historic District in Rochester in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Roll Coating Wheel

 
 
Roll Coating Wheel Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, May 21, 2014
1. Roll Coating Wheel Marker
Inscription. This Roll Coating Wheel represents the beginnings of the acetate film maufacturing process for the Eastman Kodak Company.

The acetate base is cast onto the wheel surface, cures enough to be stripped off after one revolution, and is conveyed through the coating machine for further curing and coating applications.

This coating wheel is 18 feet in diameter and weighs approximately 25 tons.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
 
Location. 43° 12.136′ N, 77° 38.68′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in the Maplewood Historic District. It is at the intersection of West Ridge Road (New York State Route 104) and Bernice St., on the right when traveling east on West Ridge Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rochester NY 14615, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in

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North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: King's Landing (approx. 0.9 miles away); King's Landing 1796 (approx. one mile away); Koda-Vista Historic District (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hosea Rogers (approx. 1.4 miles away); Kelsey's Landing (approx. 1.6 miles away); Casconchiagon (approx. 1.6 miles away); Deaf Education (approx. 1.6 miles away); Grant Homestead (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rochester.
 
Roll Coating Wheel Marker from Ridge Road image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, May 21, 2014
2. Roll Coating Wheel Marker from Ridge Road
Roll Coating Wheel and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, May 21, 2014
3. Roll Coating Wheel and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2017, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,546 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 27, 2017, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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