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Catalog Number 2005.074.001
Object Name letter
Scope & Content A printed letter by Charles Burleigh advertising Burleigh's Patent Pneumatic Rock Drill. Patent was obtained November 27, 1866.
He describes the drill and its use in the Hoosac Tunnel.
Includes dimensions and capabilities.
Catalog type Archive
Dates of Creation January 1867
Title Burleigh's Patent Pneumatic Rock Drill
Collection Archives - Letters
People Burleigh, Charles
Search Terms Burleigh Drill
Drill
tunnel
mine
quarry
Drilling machine
Subjects Pneumatic Rock Drill
Lexicon category 8: Communication Artifact
Source Center for Lowell History