Description
Glass lantern slide of the plan for the new power plant at the Vulcanite Portland Cement Company. It shows the floor plans for the Engine and Boiler House and includes labels for the Air Compressor, Engine and Dynamo, Pumps, Shaft to the Mill Building, Coal Conveyor, Ash Conveyor, Blow-off Pipes, and Smoke Flue. Reproduction of an image from the article “The Vulcanite Portland Cement Company’s Works” in “The Engineering Record,” Vol. 39, no. 23, 1899. No label on slide. Used to illustrate the course "Materials of Engineering Construction" which was taught between 1893-1950 at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
