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Title: Steam engine with 9 in. cyl. 18 in. stroke by J.T. Sutton & Co., Franklin Iron Works, Kensington, Philadelphia. U.S Buildt [sic] for U. States Arsenal, Frankford, Pa
Description: Three views showing the steam engine, including wheel, pistons, and gears, from different angles. Engine shown as mounted on marble stones., Frontispiece for Oliver Byrne's The American engineer, draftsman, and machinist's assistant: Designed for practical workingmen, apprentices, and those intended for the engineering profession. Illustrated with two hundred engravings on wood and fourteen large engraved lithographic plates of recently constructed American machinery and engine work. (Philadelphia: C.A. Brown and Company, N.W. corner of Fourth and Arch Streets, 1853). (LCP *Am 1853 Byrne (13495.Q)), Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 241, Gift of the Kean Archives.
Date: [1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Industry [P.9433]

Title: Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders
Description: Advertisement showing several marine vessels docked in front of the engine & boiler works complex at the busy river front. Teams of several horses haul materials on trucks past the boiler works. Laborers work on the docks, piers, and boats at the complex. Docked vessels include the tug boats, steamboats, paddleboats, and a sailboat. The firm established as Reaney, Neafie & Levy in 1844, specialized in iron boats and engines, and later steam fire engines. Reaney left the partnership to start his own shipyard in 1859. Neafie & Levy remained in operation until 1907., Published in The Hibernia Fire Engine Company No.1 (Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Chandler, 306 & 308 Chestnut St, 1859), page 109., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 551, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
Creator: Rease, W. H., lithographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W271 [*Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q]

Title: Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney, Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders Manufacturers of high & low pressure marine, stationery engines, boilers of all descriptions, propellers, iron boats, water tanks, heavy & light forgings & castings, pattern making &c. Having extensive wharf & dock room, are always prepared to repair steamers at the shortest notice & every facility offered for lifting heavy & light weights, being fully supplied with blocks, falls, shears &c. &c. Thomas Reaney. Jacob G. Neafie. John P. Levy
Description: Advertisement showing several marine vessels docked in front of the engine & boiler works complex at the busy river front. Complex contains several buildings, including a "boiler works," "iron foundry," "machine shop," and a "black smith shop." Teams of several horses haul materials on trucks past the boiler works. Laborers work on the docks, piers, and boats at the complex. Docked vessels include the tug boats, "Lion" and "Reliance," the steamboats "Carolina," "Edwin Forrest," and "Perseverance," along with paddleboats and a sailboat. Two men in a dory pull a spar marked F.H.S. The firm established as Reaney, Neafie & Levy in 1844, specialized in iron boats and engines, and later steam fire engines. Reaney left the partnership to start his own shipyard in 1859. Neafie & Levy remained in operation until 1907., Artist's initials printed on stone as part of the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 552, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 R288. HSP copy in color.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W272 [P.2127]

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