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The engineer as promoter : Charles Tillinghast James and the gospel of the steam cotton mills

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.105
Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Physical Description
166-181 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine, v.30 (1981)
Subjects
James, Charles Tillinghast.
Cotton manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Steam engineering - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Manufacturers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga steam mills (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.105
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The engineer as promoter : Charles Tillinghast James and the gospel of steam cotton mills

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
c1981.
Call Number
677 W776e
Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Physical Description
181 p. 25 cm.
Notes
Offprint from the magazine published by the Historical Society of Pa., v. 105, no. 2 (April 1981).
Subjects
James, Charles Tillinghast.
Cotton manufacturing.
Steam engineering.
Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Manufactures - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga steam mills (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
677 W776e
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Mill hands and boilers : the anatomy of a disaster

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
1980
Best of Lancaster, installed in February of 1866, and rated at 62½ horse power? Since the commonly accepted rule was one horse power per loom, the factory did not seem to be underpowered." The twin boilers were tubular in design, made from ¼ inch # 3 iron and measured 16 feet in length and 50 inches in
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Responsibility
by Dr. Thomas R. Winpenny
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1980
Physical Description
110-124 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no.3
Subjects
Factories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industrial accidents - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industrial safety - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 3 (1980), p. 110-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84
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Those who attend meetings will be excused from paying dues : The Lancaster Mechanics' Institute in search of mechanics

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.55
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Physical Description
31-41 p.
Notes
Pennsylvania History, v.55 (Jan. 1988).
Subjects
Lancaster Mechanics' Institute.
Lancaster Mechanics' Society.
Lancaster Workingmen's Saving Fund and Building Association.
Mechanics' Institute of Lancaster.
American Mechanics' Building and Loan.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.55
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Who needs engineers to improve an urban water system? : Lancaster's bursting reservoir provided plenty of water

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
1992.
., Report to Mayor and Special Committee, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Lancaster Water Works and Improvement of Water Supply, May 4, 1891- The aforementioned data do indicate that the measures taken in early 1889 provided some temporary respite in the rising per capita consumption, and yet by 1891 this
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Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny, PH.D.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
[66]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 94, no. 3
Subjects
Water-supply - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Reservoirs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 94, number 3 (1992), p. 66-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.94
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Business and industry of Lancaster County

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Edition
Centennial editions.
Date of Publication
1998.
Responsibility
edited by Dr. Thomas R. Winpenny and John W.W. Loose.
Edition
Centennial editions.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
342-472 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.100, no. 4.
Notes
This edition of the journal reprints multiple articles from past journal issues.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 100, number 4 (1998), p. 342-472Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.100, no.4
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Bending is not breaking : adaptation and persistence among 19th century Lancaster artisans

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
c1990.
Call Number
331.794 W776
Responsibility
Thomas R. Winpenny.
ISBN
9780819178756 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780819178763 (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lanham
Publisher
University Press of America,
Date of Publication
c1990.
Physical Description
xviii, 116 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Chapter: Thriving activity in a growing urban center, Lancaster's 18th century craft tradition ///The Lancaster artisan in 1819, the spectre of depression beyond the golden age /// Lancaster artisans in an industrializing society,1850 /// Changing work techniques as a key to persistence /// Cultural factors as a key to persistence /// The artisan in 1880 , adapting and surviving in a maturing industrial society
Summary
Examines how the industrial revolution affected the lives and work of artisans in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The author seeks to correct the historical assumption that the rise of the factory system brought nothing but misery and hardship by showing how Lancaster weathered the challenge successfully.
Subjects
Artisans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Working classes - History
Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
331.794 W776
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The career, thoughts, and vivid dreams of 19th century naturalist Simon Snyder Rathvon

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
2002.
Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
p.140-155 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.104, no.3
Subjects
Rathvon, Simon Snyder, - 1812-1891.
Naturalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 104, number 3 (2002), p. 140-155Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.104, no.3
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A father who distracts and a family that underfinances : the early bittersweet career of Milton S. Hershey

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
2005.
Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ;
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
p. 62 - 73. : ill. , 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 107, no. 2, Fall 2005
Notes
Bibliography : p. 72 - 73.
Subjects
Hershey, Henry , - d. 1903.
Hershey, Milton Snavely , - 1857 - 1945.
Lancaster Caramel Company (Pa.) - History.
Candy industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 107, number 2 (2005), p. 62-73Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 107
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The triumphs and anguish of a self-made man : 19th century naturalist S.S. Rathvon

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.57
Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Physical Description
136-149 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History v.57 (April 1990)
Subjects
Rathvon, Simon Snyder , - 1812-1891.
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman , - 1812-1880.
Naturalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.57
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