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Title Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works, Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia
Reference LCP463739
Library Bridgeman Art Library
Date c.1854
Publisher Alphonze Brett
Author / Creator Rease, W H; Schell, F
Description Advertisement showing several marine vessels docked in front of the engine & boiler works complex at the busy river front. Complex contains several buildings, including a "boiler works," "iron foundry," "machine shop," and a "black smith shop." Teams of several horses haul materials on trucks past the boiler works. Labourers work on the docks, piers, and boats at the complex. Docked vessels include the tug boats, Lion and Reliance, the steamboats Carolina, Edwin Forrest, and Perseverance, along with paddleboats and a sailboat.
Document Type Advertisement
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Employment and Labour; Advertising and Consumption
Keywords business, boat, boiler works, dock, employment, factory, harbour, industry, port, sailing, sails, ship, trade, vessel
Countries USA
Places Philadelphia
Company Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works; Reaney, Neafie & Company
Ships Lion, Reliance, Carolina, Edwin Forrest, Perseverance
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