| Collection |
Archives - Photographs |
| Description |
Stell engraved potrait of Charles Hall Brown from 1820. He moved to Fitchburg in 1849 to work as a machinist for the Putnam Machine company. Within a year, Brown was joined by his friend Charles Burleigh. Together, Burleigh and Brown patented an engine known as the "Putnam Engine." Bad health forced Brown's retirement from Putnam, but he began his own "cottage" shop on Newton Lane where he developed the automatic cut-off steam engine. The engine was displayed at the Boston Mechanic Exhibition in 1877 and it was there that Thomas Alvah Edison viewed it. He purchased the engine to generate power for his expierements with incandescent light at Menlo Park, New Jersey. A simular Brown engine is in the collection at the Henry ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. |
| Object ID |
1978.033.001 |
| Object Name |
Engraving |
| People |
Brown, Charles H. |
| Print size |
7.25" x 10.6" |
| Search Terms |
Charles H. Brown, steel engraving, Putnam Machine Company, Charles Burleigh, Putnam Engine, Newton Lane, automatic cut-off steam engine, Boston Mechanic Exhibition, Thomas Alvah Edison, incandescent light, 1877, Henry Ford Museum, A. H. Ritchie
Brown Bag Company. |
| Title |
C. H. Brown |
| Year Range from |
1820 |
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