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3-4 view of 6-column beam engine and flywheel looking SE. - Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine and Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR
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3-4 view of 6-column beam engine and flywheel looking SE. - Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine and Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR
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West Point Foundry; Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico; Kemble; Parrott, R P; Paulding; Gjessing, Fred, photographer; Boucher, Jack, photographer; Graziani, Luz M, historian; Freeman, Belmont, delineator; Yasuda, Beverly, delineator; del Cueto, Beatriz, delineator
Depicted place Puerto Rico; Manati Municipio; Manati
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER PR,55-MANA,1A-2
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, it is one of only eight beam engines of American manufacture known to exist anywhere. It was designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1979.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
  • Survey number: HAER PR-1-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pr0016.photos.143354p
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Object location18° 25′ 45.98″ N, 66° 29′ 33″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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