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OBJECT TYPE: CYLINDER/SINGLE REVOLUTION
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0144.001

MANUFACTURER: Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co.
MODEL: STANDARD
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 09370
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 11
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ STEEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 266.7 cm
Width: 266.7 cm
Height: 190.5 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: Babcock
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED TO 1977 BY MORRISBURG LEADER
Canada: PRESS USED BY LONG ESTABLISHED CANADIAN NEWSPAPER UNTIL 1977
Function: BOOK & JOB PRESS, PRINTING & DELIVERING ONE SHEET PER REVOLUTION
Technical: A CONTINUOUSLY REVOLVING DRUM CYLINDER IS TWICE THE LENGTH OF THE BED - IMPRESSION PART IS COVERED WITH BLANKET AND THE DIFFERENCE IN DIAMETER BETWEEN THIS PART & REMAINDER IS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW BED TO RETURN WHILE CYLINDER COMPLETES ITS REVOLUTION - ONE SHEET PRINTED & DELIVERED PER REVOLUTION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GOLD LETTERING: MFR'S NAME, MODEL & PATENT PLATE
Missing: ASSEMBLY FOR CHANGING PULLEY FROM FAR SIDE OF PRESS From CA of 04/06/1995 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing composition rollers
Finish: BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co., Press, printing, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1977.0144, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1977.0144.001/

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