Details of vertical steam engine, engine for committee rooms for U.S. Capital [sic, Capitol] Extension [graphic] / M.C. Meigs, engineer.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892.

Contributor:

Briggs, Robert.

Nason and Dodge.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steam engines.

Washington (D.C.).

United State Capitol (Washington, D.C) Extension.

Local Subjects:

Washington (D.C.).

United State Capitol (Washington, D.C) Extension.

Physical Description:

1 print ; 26 x 37 cm.

Contained In:

Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) Architectural drawings and prints.

Place of Publication:

May 4, 1857.

Notes:

Annotation on drawings explains original design was by Robert Briggs Jr., and was originally built by Nason and Dodge, then adopted by M.C. Meigs.

Forms part of: Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) Architectural drawings and prints.

Finding Aid/Index:

Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) Architectural drawings collection [inventory] [1991] folder level control.

Cited as:

Athenaeum copy: Pennsylvania Hospital architectural drawings collection on loan to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, with the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts through its Museum Loan Program.