Alfred Press
Object Details
- Alfred, Augustus
- Description (Brief)
- The machinist Augustus Alfred constructed this press in his Connecticut shop around 1850. Like many Americans of the time, Alfred did a lot of different work. He was a part-time clock maker, part-time farmer, and part-time machinist. Alfred likely built this particular press to form lightweight watch parts and other metal pieces required for his work. This press has a hand-actuated 38 inch flywheel with four inch stroke, a slide guiding system, and was belt-driven at some point in its history.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-M-7884
- catalog number
- MHI-M-7884
- accession number
- 235982
- Object Name
- press, shear
- place made
- United States: Connecticut
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Machine Shop
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1383149
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0bf9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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