Vintage 1885 American Well Works Catalogue - Wonderful Reference Material

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This is old book is a catalog from The American Well Works of Aurora, Illinois. As stated in the inside cover; this, our new ninety-six page catalogue, containing 360 illustrations of Well Sinking Machinery. It has information on hydraulic jetting well machinery with ad like pages referring to companies and equipment like the Chapman hydraulic wells, the Keystone portable steam driller and the Hercules heavy drilling machine. The black and white line drawings of the tools and equipment are finely detailed. Both the front and back of the book are stamped; N.O. Railway Supply & Mfg. Co. with their New Orleans address. The book is sewn together and the cover is glued to the spine.

It measures about 6 1/16" by 9 1/4" by 1/4" and is in fairly good condition with some wear, particularly to the heavy paper cover. It has creases, small tears and staining. The back is almost torn from the spine. The inside pages are good with minimal wear and a few penciled notations. There is a hole punched through at the top left corner.

The pictures are not shown at actual size. Please refer to the description for actual measurements.

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Item ID: 8582

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