Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 548
PUMPING-ENGINE. 541 PUMPING-ENGINE, erected at the new Drii Dock; Brookhpi Navij Yard, New York. Tlie pumping-engine of tbe new Dry Dock, at the United States Naval Station, New York, is of the largest class,anil possesses many interesting features. It was built at Kembles West Point Foundry, and… … There are but very few specimens of large pumping engines to be found in the United States, thoseif the government dry docks at Norfolk and Boston being the most important. These, however, areof sotnewhat antiquated construction, and possess no remarkable qualities of excellence. The newdock at New…
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