https://jamesrumsey.org/the-rumseian-experiment/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/experimentconstruction3.jpgExperimentConstruction3Jay Hurley (l) and Dan Tokarhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/clermontdock21.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAt the dock near Clermont, NY 2007https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/clermontdock1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/experimentconstruction1.jpgExperimentConstructionhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/apsdrawing1.jpgAPSDrawing.Rumsey's only drawing of his steamboat. It leaves much to the imaginationhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/experimentconstruction.jpgExperimentConstructionhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/clermont20073.jpgClermont2007The Rumseian Experiment on its last voyage: the Hudson river on the bicentennial of the launch of Fulton's first steamboat .2023-10-12T01:16:25+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/rumsey-rotary-steam-engine-2-2/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rotorshaftcamassembly2.jpgRotorShaftCamAssemblyRotor with cam plate: rotor seals not shownhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rotary62010c.jpgRotary62010Chttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rotorseal.jpgRotorSealhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rotary62010d.jpgRotary62010Dhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rotary62010b.jpgRotary62010BAssembled Enginehttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rotarygate62010a.jpgRotaryGate62010A2023-03-27T00:49:37+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/faq/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rumseyboilerpotbotelerdrawing.jpgBotelers Drawing of the fragment of the "pot" boilerBotelers Drawing of the fragment of the "pot" boilerhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1790fig16.jpg1790fig16Possibly the engine for the Columbian Maid. Rather than havin a working beam operating ll the pumps of a steam engine, Rumsey made them nest within each other, as hollow pistons. Very compact and light, but difficult to build andstill not thermally efficienthttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1790fig13.jpg1790fig132023-03-27T00:23:45+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/2022/09/25/the-rumseian-society-changes/2022-09-25T15:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesrumsey.org/the-rumsey-monument/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/plaque_rear_sepia.jpgPlaque_rear_sepiahttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/plaque_front_sepia.jpgPlaque_front_sepiahttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monument_landscape.jpgMonument_landscapehttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monument_distant.jpgMonument_distanthttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monumentcrane2.jpgMonumentCrane2A railroad spur likely already existed for transporting stone blocks, from when the site was a railroad quarryhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monumentblock1.jpgMonumentBlock1Base of the column is laidhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monumenta1.jpgMonumentAhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/belzhoover.jpgBelzhooverGeorge Belzhooverhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/alexanderboteler.jpgalexanderbotelerA.R. Botelerhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monumentconstruction1.jpgMonumentConstructionBuilding the Monument, circa 1912, with camera likely laid on the railroad tracks.2022-09-25T14:25:57+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/rumseys-1791-rotary-steam-engine/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1791fig125.jpg1791fig12https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1791fig143.jpg1791fig14https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1791fig133.jpg1791fig13https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1791fig121-e1309214981981.jpg1791fig12https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1791fig13.jpg1791fig13https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1791fig14.jpg1791fig142012-09-09T15:25:12+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/2011/07/22/hello-world/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rumseybyboteler.jpgAlexander botelers Sketch of Rumsey's PortraitAlexander botelers Sketch of Rumsey's Portraithttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rumseyportraitcolor.jpgRumseyPortraitColorPortrait of Rumsey by West, Smithsonian Museum of American Arthttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rumseyapples1.jpgRumseyApplesLabel from an apple crate, circa 1930?https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rumseyapparatus.jpgRumseyApparatusApparatus for testing water turbineshttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rumseyportrait1.jpgRumseyPortraitJames Rumsey. Photo of the West portrait in Turner's biography: retouching has made him considerably more confident 2012-03-22T14:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jamesrumsey.org/the-boathouse-museum/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/boathouse_external1.jpgBoathouse_externalhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mural_11.jpgMural_1https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mural_1.jpgMural_1https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/boathouse_external.jpgBoathouse_externalhttps://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/boathouse1.jpgBoathouse1The James Rumsey Boathouse Museum2015-12-17T01:48:21+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/about/2025-10-19T20:38:41+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.org/how-the-steamboat-works/https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/experimentplan11.jpgExperimentPlan1https://jamesrumsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/experimentplan21.jpgExperimentPlan22017-07-03T23:43:23+00:00weekly0.6https://jamesrumsey.orgdaily1.02025-10-19T20:38:41+00:00