List of historic mechanical engineering landmarks
- List of historic mechanical engineering landmarks
National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks are those engineering achievements considered to have exceptional historic value by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
California
* Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park built in 1895, listed in 1976 [http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1339]
Connecticut
* Model M Postage meter
Maine
* Lombard Steam Log Hauler (1910)
Massachusetts
* Edgar Station, Edison Electric Illuminating Co. (1925)
* Wyman-Gordon 50,000-ton Hydraulic Forging Press (1955)
* Springfield Armory (1794)
* Holyoke Water Power System (1859)
* Lowell Power Canal System and Pawtucket Gatehouse (1847)
* Saugus Ironworks (1647)
* Leavitt-Riedler Pumping Engine (1894)
* Alden Research Laboratory Rotating Boom (1908)
* Old Mill in Nantucket (1746)
New Hampshire
* Portsmouth-Kittery Naval Shipbuilding Activity (1774)
* Mount Washington Cog Railway (1869)
* (1953)
Ohio
* Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum
Pennsylvania
* Kaplan turbine installed in York Haven Dam
* Kingsbury thrust bearing installed in Holtwood Dam
Rhode Island
* New England Wireless and Steam Museum
* Wilkinson Mill (1810)
Texas
* The marine reciprocating steam engines installed in USS|Texas|BB-35 built 1914 listed 1975
Vermont
* American Precision Museum
* Robbins & Lawrence Machine Shop (1846)
Washington
* Georgetown Steam Plant (1906)
See also
* List of historic civil engineering landmarks
External links
* [http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/ ASME list of Mechanical Engineering Landmarks]
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