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Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR
Summary
Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, it is one of only eight beam engines of American manufacture known to exist anywhere. It was designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1979.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HAER PR-1-A
Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
West Point Foundry
Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
Kemble
Parrott, R P
Paulding
Gjessing, Fred, photographer
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Graziani, Luz M, historian
Freeman, Belmont, delineator
Yasuda, Beverly, delineator
del Cueto, Beatriz, delineator
Location
Valles de Manati, 18.42767, -66.47774
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
