General Information

Serial #

230

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

IRON CASTINGS, STEEL SHAFTS, SOME SMALL BRASS PARTS (IE BRACKETS, ETC.), WOOD PLATFORM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

305.0 cm

Width

183.0 cm

Height

153.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Image transfer

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PERIOD OF FIRST USE UNKNOWN; 1895-1974 (BUCKINGHAM POST)

Canada

ALTHOUGH NO PROOF EXISTS AT PRESENT, THIS PRESS MAY BE OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURE. OF THE TAYLOR PATTERN, IT BEARS NO MFR'S MARKS. IT MAY BE A COPY PRODUCED BY JOSEPH HALL MACHINE WORKS, OSHAWA, WHICH PRODUCED 'TAYLOR POWER CYLINDERS' FROM THE MID 1860S UNTIL 1877.

Function

SIMPLE CYLINDER PRESS (LETTER PRESS) USED TO PRINT NEWSPAPERS & JOB WORK.

Technical

GOOD EXAMPLE OF CLASS OF MACHINE KNOWN AS 'COUNTRY PRESS'. INITIALLY, INVENTION OF A.B. TAYLOR (CA.1860), PRESSES DESIGNED FOR ECONOMY, SIMPLICITY & 'PORTABILITY'. THEY ANSWERED NEEDS OF SMALL RUN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTERS WHO WANTED AN INEXPENSIVELY BUILT MACHINE THAT COULD BE RUN BY HAND, REQUIRED LITTLE SERVICING & COULD BE USED IN ALMOST ANY ACCOMMODATION. IN MANY SHOPS THE COUNTRY CYLINDER WAS FIRST PRESS TO REPLACE WASHINGTON HAND PRESS FOR PRINTING OF NEWPAPERS. PRESS APPEARS TO BE CA.1860 TAYLOR PATTERN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

DISTRIBUTION ROLLER FOR FORM ROLLERS PLUS SEVERAL SCREWS ETC. (SEE RESTORATION REPT)

Finish

BLACK PAINT OVER A GREEN PAINT, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION FILLER/FINISH, MUCH OF PRESS WAS SIMPY BARE METAL COVERED WITH GREASY DIRT OR INK

Decoration

TRACES OF RED LINING AND SOME MORE INTRICATE DESIGN APPEAR ON SURFACE OF GREEN PAINT LAYER (SEE RESTORATION NOTES IN SUPP. INFO.)