Engine made and invented by a prisoner, whilst confined at this prison.

Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 in. A man stands next to a steam engine, which involves steam from a pot on a stove powering a wheel.

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Description
Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 in. A man stands next to a steam engine, which involves steam from a pot on a stove powering a wheel.
Note
Point Lookout Album, Page 75.
PID
islandora:31612
NYHS Identifier
ae00039.jpg
416
Linked Agent
Publisher: New-York Historical Society\, 170 Central Park West\, New York\, NY 10024\, 212-873-3400
Member of
John Jacob Omenhausser's Rebel prison scenes, Point Lookout, Maryland, 1864
Genre
sketches
watercolors (paintings)
Image
Publisher
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
Subject (Topical)
Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates
Inventions
Steam-engines
Point Lookout (Md.)
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners and prisons
Full Title
Engine made and invented by a prisoner, whilst confined at this prison.
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