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OBJECT TYPE
ROTARY, PERFECTING/4 DECK
DATE
1898–1899
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1971.0675.001
MANUFACTURER
GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO.
MODEL
STRAIGHTLINE
LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
215
Part Number
1
Total Parts
34
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
IRON CASTINGS/ STEEL/ BRASS/ BRONZE/ WOOD PLATFORMS

Dimensions

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

Length
630.0 cm
Width
300.0 cm
Height
430.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
32.0
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Printing
Category
Image transfer
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
GOSS
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Illinois
City
Chicago

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
1899 TO 1971
Canada
POPULAR STYLE OF NEWSPAPER PRESS USED BY "SMALLER" CANADIAN DAILIES FROM THE MID 1890'S UNTIL THE MID 20TH C.
Function
4 DECK, WEB-FACED ROTARY PERFECTING PRESS UNIT TO PRINT AND FOLD NEWSPAPERS
Technical
"...IS HELD TO BE IN PRINCIPLE THE FINAL STEP IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEWSPAPER PERFECTING PRESS" (REF.3). INVENTED BY JOSEPH L. FIRM IN 1899 & PRODUCED BY GOSS, THE'STRAIGHTLINE' RAN THE PAPER FROM THE WEB TO FOLDER IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERCONNECTED DECKS INCREASED THE SPEED & EFFICIENCY OF NEWSPAPER PRINTING. IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR A 'COMPACT' SIZE PRESS IN TERMS OF THE FLOOR SPACE REQ'D. SHORTCOMINGS OF THE PRESS ARE DESCRIBED IN REF. 4.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
CAST LETTERING PAINTED GOLD
Missing
UNKNOWN, PRESS DISMANTLED IN ALBERTA AND REASSEMBLED IN OTTAWA, CLAIMED TO BE COMPLETE
Finish
PAINTED GREY AFTER REASSEMBLY/ ORIGINAL COLOUR LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN BLACK (PAINTING OF PRESSES GREY WAS NOT IN "VOGUE" UNTIL ABOUT 20 YRS LATER).
Decoration
N/A

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GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO., Press, printing, between 1898–1899, Artifact no. 1971.0675, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1971.0675.001/

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