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Hoe Railway press

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    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
    Communications
    Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-cbd9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1212635

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    Small, cylindrical handheld press with a wooden handle.

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