US Patent: 6,095X
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Water wheel
Water wheel for propelling canal boats
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Patentee:
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| Henry Averill (exact or similar names) - Richland, Oswego County, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Oct. 01, 1830 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
“For a water wheel, and the manner of applying the same to the Propelling of Canal Boats, and other Water Craft; Henry Ovinel*, Richland, Oswego county, New York, October 1.
The mode of propelling proposed in this patent, has been so often noticed in this Journal, and its utter uselessness set forth, that we need not take up more space on the present occasion than what is merely necessary to a brief description of this re-proposed plan. Spiral screw wheels, or shafts, are to be placed in tubes on each side of the boat, or under its centre. The tubes are to extend nearly from stem to stern. It is proposed to make the tubes about a foot in diameter, with the revolving screws nearly filling them. There is no claim either to the wheels, shafts, or tubes.”
Journal of the Franklin Institute, Dec., 1830, pg. 364
*Note: Most other references give the patentee's name as Henry Averill.
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