Caption
Rand Drill co's compressor plant, shaft no. 15, shaft no. 18, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Preston K. Yates, Yonkers, photographer: Hall & Son, George P., cliché maker: The Photo-gravure Co., New York (city), c. 1883 - in or before 1887, Preston K. Yates, Hall & Son, The Photo-gravure Co., photographer, cliché maker, North America, paper, collotype, light printing, height 345 mm x width 272 mm, machines, parts of machines, tools and appliances, The image shows two rectangular photographic scenes stacked vertically, each depicting a room with wooden plank floors and walls and large industrial machinery consisting of cylindrical compressor housings, flywheels, pipes, valves, and connecting rods mounted on bases; the upper scene includes a large horizontal cylinder with flanges, exposed bolts, multiple vertical pipes rising to the ceiling and a large wheel at the rear, while the lower scene shows another arrangement of long cylindrical components, a prominent flywheel at the right edge, overhead piping, and floor-mounted supports with visible bolts and fittings, all rendered in a high-contrast monochrome tone.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B03_128
License type
Rights managed
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56.5Mb (6.5Mb) / 12.0in x 18.4in / 3585 x 5511 (300dpi)