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Two Knight Wheels (lathes) at the Knight Foundry, Sutters Creek, California, USA

These are faceplates with gear teeth around the edge, and are "T" lathes, not Knight wheels.

This picture appears to be of two "T" lathes, a variation of an engine lathe used primarily for facing large diameter parts. Knight Wheels have cups around their circumference to catch the water sprayed from the corresponding nozzle, and are usually covered to control the water spray. These "wheels are faceplates used on lathes and have gear teeth around their edges, not small buckets to catch water. The gear teeth are what drive the faceplate, and attached work piece, around their axis and against a cutting tool. Water and Knight wheels powered these two machines.


This is a photo of a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is
884.

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 75000423.
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Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress), reproduction number HAER CAL,3-SUCRK,1-39

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID hhh.ca2269.
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Jet Lowe  (1947–)  wikidata:Q6188857
 
Jet Lowe
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John T. "Jet" Lowe
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth 1947 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 2013 Edit this at Wikidata
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one of the photographers employed by the U.S. National Park Service on the Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record projects
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creator QS:P170,Q6188857
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Object location38° 23′ 36″ N, 120° 47′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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23:22, 29 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:22, 29 September 2006954 × 672 (111 KB)Holly Cheng (talk | contribs)==Summary== {{Information |Description=Two Knight Wheels (lathes) at the Knight Foundry, Sutters Creek, California, USA |Source=Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ca2269], reprod

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