Glass plate negative

Object number
P10190
Creator
Newport Daily News
Date
1911
Description
Glass plate negative of the Newport Water Works pumping station at Easton Pond. The photograph shows the interior of the building and the engine portion of a triple-expansion vertical steam pumping engine. The pump section was below the floor.  The two large wheels are its flywheels.  Above the engine are the twin beams of a bridge crane that was used to assemble and maintain the pumping engine
Materials
glass
Object Types
photographs, glass plate negatives