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The engine to the right is a Corliss steam engine, built ca. 1884. The smaller engine on the left is a model of a turbine engine built by Swedish engineer Gustaf Patrik de Laval in 1884.

 

Both the turbine and steam engine pictured here could generate approximately 75 HP of power.

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Title:
The engine to the right is a Corliss steam engine, built ca. 1884. The smaller engine on the left is a model of a turbine engine built by Swedish engineer Gustaf Patrik de Laval in 1884.
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0006_00267a_032.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3kd1qk78
Type:
Image

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Mechanical engineering
Steam-engines

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
6 x 8 in.

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
Show more details:
Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
6
Folder:
00267a
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.


Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)