![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation of boiler, cistern, etc.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdHJhbnN2ZXJzZS1lbGV2YXRpb24tb2YtYm9pbGVyLWJhNTk0Mi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/467/jpg "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation of boiler, cistern, etc.]")
Similar
![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation of boiler, cistern, etc.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdHJhbnN2ZXJzZS1lbGV2YXRpb24tb2YtYm9pbGVyLWRjNGY1NS02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation of boiler, cistern, etc.]")
![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdHJhbnN2ZXJzZS1lbGV2YXRpb24tYWFhMGQ2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation]")
![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdHJhbnN2ZXJzZS1lbGV2YXRpb24tZWVjYzFhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation]")
![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse section - engine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdHJhbnN2ZXJzZS1zZWN0aW9uLWVuZ2luZS0yYjY1ZTktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse section - engine]")
![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse section - engine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdHJhbnN2ZXJzZS1zZWN0aW9uLWVuZ2luZS1lNTJhY2EtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse section - engine]")
![[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Longitudinal elevation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvc3RlYW0tZW5naW5lLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tbmF2eS15YXJkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtbG9uZ2l0dWRpbmFsLWVsZXZhdGlvbi04MTAyYzUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Longitudinal elevation]")
[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation of boiler, cistern, etc.]
Summary
Inscriptions on recto: "Transverse Elevation" "September 29th 1808" "Boiler" "Flue" "Chimney flue" "Cylinder selle" "Cistern" "Ash pit."
Delineator: James Smallwood. (Source: The Engineering Drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, New Haven, Conn. : Published for the Maryland Historical Society by Yale University Press, 1980, p. 218).
Lined with paper.
Reference copy available in LOT 4249.
Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
Tags
Date
Contributors
Location
Source
Copyright info
