The Rotary.

Publication

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Chester Historical Society

The Rotary.: The image is an advertisement from December 1889 for the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel, featured in the "National Car and Locomotive Builder" publication, displaying an illustration of a train equipped with a large rotary snowplow clearing snow from tracks; the text highlights its ability to clear blockades efficiently without accidents, being endorsed by leading United States companies and adopted by transcontinental railroads, and notes its manufacture by the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel Mfg. Co. in Paterson, N. J.
The Rotary.

The image is an advertisement from December 1889 for the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel, featured in the "National Car and Locomotive Builder" publication, displaying an illustration of a train equipped with a large rotary snowplow clearing snow from tracks; the text highlights its ability to clear blockades efficiently without accidents, being endorsed by leading United States companies and adopted by transcontinental railroads, and notes its manufacture by the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel Mfg. Co. in Paterson, N. J.

Name/Title

The Rotary.

Entry/Object ID

chs-013582

Description

An advertisement from December 1889 for the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel, featured in the "National Car and Locomotive Builder" publication, displaying an illustration of a train equipped with a large rotary snowplow clearing snow from tracks; the text highlights its ability to clear blockades efficiently without accidents, being endorsed by leading United States companies and adopted by transcontinental railroads, and notes its manufacture by the Rotary Steam Snow Shovel Mfg. Co. in Paterson, N. J.

Collection

Gretchen Behl Collection.

Category

Railroads, RR: Other

Acquisition

Notes

9/4/2010 Gift from Gretchen Behl.

Publication Details

Date Published

Dec 1889

Transcription

DECEMBER, 1889. NATIONAL CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE BUILDER. xi THE ROTARY. The complete success of this wonderfully simple and effective device for removing snow has solved the problem beyond a possible doubt. The Rotary Steam Snow Shovel is the only Machine that has ever raised a snow blockade without the aid of an army of men to shovel. Thousands of miles of blockaded track have been cleared by these powerful Machines without an accident of any kind. It is indorsed in the strongest terms by the leading companies of the United States who have used them and has been adopted by all the Transcontinental Roads on the North American Continent. FOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS THE ROTARY STEAM SNOW SHOVEL MFG. CO., PATERSON, N.J.

Dimensions

Height

40.8 cm

Width

27.4 cm

Create Date

January 11, 2025

Update Date

August 6, 2025