[Engine Side View]

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Close-up photograph of mechanical components on the Bessemer engine inside the Burton Farmer's Gin. This is a close-up of one side of the Bessemer Type IV Engine. The Flywheel is visible in the upper left corner of the picture. In the background, an interior wall is visible with two sets of windows and corrugated metal siding.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Felder, Greg October 1978.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2021 and was provided by the Texas Cotton Gin Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 14 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Texas Cotton Gin Museum

History’s alive at the Official Cotton Gin Museum of Texas, home of the oldest operating cotton gin in America. The Burton Farmers Gin is powered by a 1925 Bessemer engine- the largest of its vintage still operating in the USA! Recognized by the ASME, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Register of Historic Places, Smithsonian Institution, and the Texas Historical Commission, museum guests are transported to an era that defined the American Spirit. Thousands of visitors from around the world tour the historic cotton gin where it has stood since 1914.

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Close-up photograph of mechanical components on the Bessemer engine inside the Burton Farmer's Gin. This is a close-up of one side of the Bessemer Type IV Engine. The Flywheel is visible in the upper left corner of the picture. In the background, an interior wall is visible with two sets of windows and corrugated metal siding.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2021

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  • October 1978

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  • March 5, 2022, 9:57 a.m.

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  • May 19, 2022, 1:01 p.m.

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Felder, Greg. [Engine Side View], photograph, October 1978; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1450573/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Cotton Gin Museum.

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