Object Details
maker
R. Hoe & Company
Description
This flatbed stop-cylinder, cylinder press was made by R. Hoe & Company after 1862; the crank handle is missing. The press bed measures 31 inches by 46 inches.
The Railway press, introduced in 1862, was designed for newspapers of medium circulation. Its name derived from the fact that the bed was carried back and forth on a four-wheel truck running on two strong rails, an arrangement based on presses built by the French engineer,
Marinoni. The Railway was a “country press” made to be turned by hand. It could deliver up to 800 impressions per hour. The press was built in Hoe’s Boston plant and cost $1,350 new. Printed newspaper sheets were normally carried around the press on cloth tapes and delivered by mechanical sheet flyers. For posters with large wooden type and no gutter space on the page for the tapes, the sheets were “flown” by press boys.
Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robinson, 1971.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
after 1862
ID Number
GA.23275
accession number
297416
catalog number
23275
Object Name
Press, Printing
printing press, parts of
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: press: 31 in x 46 in; 78.74 cm x 116.84 cm
overall: largest part: 3 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 67.31 cm x 11.43 cm
overall: smallest part: 3/8 in x 3/4 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1212635