Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease 4th & Chesnut St.
Title
Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease 4th & Chesnut St.
Description
Published in The Hibernia Fire Engine Company No.1 (Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Chandler, 306 & 308 Chestnut St, 1859), page 109., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
1859.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W271.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W271 [*Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q]
Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney, Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th. St. (FHS on stone).
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Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney, Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th. St. (FHS on stone).
Description
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 R288 (in color)
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1854.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W272.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W272 [P.2127]
Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders.
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]
Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney, Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders.
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]