[Thursday] Steam Engine Ads - Corliss Co. street map

[Len Arzoomanian]

Hi Chris

What a fantastic resource!  Thanks for sharing it.

Len

From: Chris Prata via Thursday 
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 12:33 PM
To: NEWSM Thursday Group 
Subject: Re: [Thursday] Steam Engine Ads - Corliss Co. street map

And, I tried the "georeferencer" button which puts the historical map onto the current map!

https://davidrumsey.georeferencer.com/maps/589007454869/view

     v.3 pl.N Ward 10.
      Georeferencer is an online tool that assigns geographical location to any image.
      davidrumsey.georeferencer.com 




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From: Thursday <thursday-bounces at newsm.org> on behalf of Chris Prata via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 12:29 PM
To: NEWSM Thursday Group
Subject: [Thursday] Steam Engine Ads - Corliss Co. street map 


This may help, and the hi res prints are available for purchase...

https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~28241~1120740:v-3-pl-N-Ward-10-;JSESSIONID=968afd64-7c20-4a64-85ea-3d7205bba492?showTipAdvancedSearch=false&showShareIIIFLink=true&showTip=false&helpUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdoc.lunaimaging.com%2Fdisplay%2FV74D%2FLUNA%2BViewer%23LUNAViewer-LUNAViewer&title=Search+Results%3A+List_No+equal+to+%270327.070%27&fullTextSearchChecked=&dateRangeSearchChecked=&advancedSearchUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdoc.lunaimaging.com%2Fdisplay%2FV74D%2FSearching%23Searching-Searching&thumbnailViewUrlKey=link.view.search.url







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From: Thursday <thursday-bounces at newsm.org> on behalf of Michael Thompson via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 6:42 AM
To: Ernie
Cc: thursday at newsm.org
Subject: Re: [Thursday] Steam Engine Ads 

I believe that the Harris factory was partially under I-95 and partially where the mall is. It was a Ford dealer until I-95 construction wiped it out.

> On Apr 26, 2019, at 6:26 AM, Ernie via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
> 
> Well that is OK since since we have one of each installed next to each other in the steam building.
> 
> What is interesting is when I put "corner of Park and Promenade Streets, Providence, RI" (the address for Harris Corliss from our web page) in Google Earth it goes to "Corliss Park" which is right near 146 and Branch.  From what I can see Park and Promenade is the Providence Place Mall.  Feel free to correct if need be.  I don't know anything about downtown Providence.
> 
> Interesting though as just yesterday at the museum we were talking about the many engine manufacturer names with Corliss in them.  In fact the poster just outside the bathroom door is a good example of how many company's started using Corliss admission valves after the patent expired.
> 
> Ernie
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> On Thu, 4/25/19, Len Arzoomanian via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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> Subject: [Thursday] Steam Engine Ads
> To: thursday at newsm.org
> Date: Thursday, April 25, 2019, 8:34 PM
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> 
> Came across a couple of interesting steam engine ads in
> the Providence 
> Journal, April 12, 1893.
>  
> One is from Corliss weaning people to not believe ads
> about the improved 
> Corliss Steam engines put out by other companies in America
> and Europe and right 
> below it is one of the ads they warn about.
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