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Number of establishments....... | 1,170 |
Steam boilers: | |
Fire tube - | |
Number............... | 35,802 |
Aggregate horsepower....... | 1,943,222 |
Total value.................... | $18,037,451 |
Water tube - | |
Number................... | 4,731 |
Aggregate horsepower....... | 985,761 |
Total value................ | $7,625,994 |
Steam engines: | |
Marine - | |
Number............... | 767 |
Aggregate horsepower....... | 396,047 |
Total value................ | $7,018,369 |
Fixed cut-off throttling - | |
Number................... | 21,806 |
Aggregate horsepower....... | 658,111 |
Total value................ | $7,963,805 |
High speed variable automatic | |
cut-off - | |
Number................... | 3,823 |
Aggregate horsepower....... | 314,668 |
Total value............................................. | $3,282,787 |
Low speed variable automatic cut-off - | |
Number................ | 2,724 |
Aggregate horsepower....... | 841,901 |
Total value................ | $9,755,010 |
Internal-combustion engines: | |
Number................ | 18,531 |
Aggregate horsepower......... | 164,662 |
Total value.................. | $5,579,398 |
Overshot or undershot water wheels: | |
Number................ | 58 |
Aggregate horsepower......... | 1,257 |
Total value.................. | $12,250 |
Turbine water wheels: | |
Number................ | 1,665 |
Aggregate horsepower......... | 311,527 |
Total value............................... | $1,232,090 |
Impact water wheels: | |
Number................ | 957 |
Aggregate horsepower......... | 55,150 |
Total value.................. | $276,509 |
Primary powers, all kinds: | |
Number................ | 50,331 |
Aggregate horsepower......... | 2,743,323 |
Total value............................... | $35,120,218 |
 
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