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Within the present year (1915) the Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company, the oldest business concern in America, has removed,
for substantial reasons, from Philadelphia to Buffalo, taking with them the famous old engine long stored, as a relic, at
their Vine Street brew house. This stationary engine, of low pressure type was built, in 1819, by Thomas Halloway for Francis
Perot. It is supposed to have been the first set up, people coming in large numbers to see the marvel. It was in service
until 1872, after which it was stored in the courtyard of the venerable malt house upon Vine Street, and appeared occasionally
upon floats in industrial parades. The sketch indicates the general appearance of the machine. The condenser consists of
an iron box, 5 feet long, 2 feet wide and 20 inches deep, upon which the valve chest and cylinder are bolted. The latter
is 40 inches long, the piston rod extending upward to the floor above to a crankshaft, upon which a flywheel 6 feet in diameter
revolved. The governor kept company with the flywheel. The engine developed about 10 horse-power. The gauge consisted of
a long glass tube containing mercury, from which a wooden stick projected upward as an indicator.
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