About Magazine Podcasts Events
Museum Hours:Wednesday–Saturday, 10AM–5PM

Digital Collections

Publications, Illustrations

The Power Plant by Night

  • Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company power plant in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Circa 1916

Rights

Public Domain

Download selected image

PDFSmall JPG1200 x 1761px — 308 KBLarge JPG2880 x 4225px — 2.2 MBFull-sized JPG4031 x 5914px — 4.0 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 4031 x 5914px — 68.3 MB
View
Public
Domain
Searchable PDF
may contain errors
Download PDF

A color illustration of a power plant at night.
A book about rubber sourcing, cultivation, processing, and the industry during the late colonial period. Published by a rubber goods company presumably for marketing. The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company was founded in 1880.

Property Value
Publisher
Place of publication
Format
Genre
Extent
  • 36 pages
Language
Subject
Rights Public Domain Mark 1.0
Credit line
  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

Institutional location

Department
Physical container
  • Page 15

View in library catalog

Related Items

Cite as

“The Power Plant by Night.” The Story of Rubber, What It Is and What It Does. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Boston woven hose & rubber company, circa 1916. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/pv63g1533.

  Export citation (RIS) ?

This citation is automatically generated and may contain errors.

The Science History Institute recognizes there are materials in our collections that may be offensive or harmful, containing racist, sexist, Eurocentric, ableist, or homophobic language or depictions. The history of science is not exempt from beliefs or practices harmful to traditionally marginalized groups. The Institute is engaged in ongoing efforts to responsibly present and address the evidence of oppression and injustice inextricable from the history of science. If you would like to learn more about our ongoing efforts or if you encounter harmful, inaccurate, or insufficient descriptions, please contact us at digital@sciencehistory.org.