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TITLE:
Morris Canal, Scotch Turbine, Hopatcong vicinity, Sussex County, NJ
CALL NUMBER:
HAER NJ,21-PHIL,1-L-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 3 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER NJ-29-L
Building/structure dates: 1830 initial construction
Significance: The Scotch Turbine (as well as another that can be found at Plane 9 West) is an early 19th century example of a reaction wheel. Precursor to the modern hydraulic turbine developed in the mid 19th century, the reaction wheel worked on a principal of reactive pressure, as opposed to the direct pressure exerted on a water wheel, and worked much the same way a lawn sprinkler does. Although not very efficient it has the ability to run submerged and does not require the room that a water wheel required. Its use of iron casting in fabrication helped bring water power into the iron age.
SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Sussex County--Hopatcong vicinity
turbines
transportation engineering
hydraulic engineering
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj0914
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. SIGN EXPLAINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SCOTCH TURBINE.
2. GENERAL VIEW OF THE SCOTCH TURBINE. WATER ENTERED TURBINE FROM BOTTOM AND EXITED THROUGH ARMS VISIBLE AT THE TOP OF THE TURBINE.
3. TOP OF TURBINE SHOWING MAIN SHAFT.
CONTROL #:
NJ0914
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