Building record TR 15 NE 989 - PRINTING PRESS SET IN FORECOURT OF KENTISH GAZETTE OFFICES

Summary

PRINTING PRESS SET IN FORECOURT OF KENTISH GAZETTE OFFICES: historic building

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Grid reference TR 15281 57533 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR15NE
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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AN EARLY 19C PRESS, A TYPE INVENTED BY THE AMERICAN, GEORGE CLYNER OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1813. THE PRESS OD DECORATED WITH SCEPTRE AND SNAKE EMBLEMS AND IS SURMOUNTED BY AN EAGLE WHICH ACTS AS A COUNTERWEIGHT TO WACH MOVEMENT OF THE BAR. THE KENTISH GAZETTE WAS PRINTED ONTHIS TYOE OF PRESS UNTIL THE LATE 19C.

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Record last edited

Feb 4 2003 12:00AM