The New England Wireless and Steam Museum

The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company was formed in Bristol, RI in 1878 by John Brown Herreshoff and Nathanael Green Herreshoff. Nathanael Herreshoff, a graduate of MIT, worked for the Corliss Steam Engine Company from 1869 to 1879. Nathanael Herreshoff also worked on the design of the Corliss engine that powered the Machinery Hall a the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The company produced marine steam engines, torpedo boats, ferrys, racing and cruising sail boats, and in the later years America's Cup racing yachts.

Patents:
578,697 Steam Engine, March 9, 1897
605,786 Steam Boiler, June 14, 1898
986,982 Steam Engine, March 14, 1911

The Museum has a running Herreshoff triple-expansion engine and a small launch engine.