Article ID: CBB691969877

The Barker's Turbine at Hacienda Buena Vista (1978)

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Existing examples of early 19th-century water turbines are so rare that their number can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Only three Scotch turbines- first patented in the 1840s-are known to exist in the United States. Surviving mills of earlier date will inevitably be powered either by water wheels or these mills will have had their antique wheels replaced by turbines of the later- 19th or early-20th century. This acute shortage of extant early hydromachinery is the principal reason why the technological history of the water motor remains obscure and relatively poorly documented.

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Authors & Contributors
Gordon, Robert B.
John S. Wilson
Desloges, Yvon
Gross, Laurence F.
Malone, Patrick M.
Merleaux, April
Journals
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Publishers
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Johns Hopkins University Press
The University of North Carolina Press
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Water power
Material culture
Dams
Sugar and sugar industry
Plantations
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
16th century
Places
United States
Canada
Massachusetts (U.S.)
Puerto Rico
New England (U.S.)
New Hampshire (U.S.)
Institutions
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Robbins
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