1300 Frenchtown Road
East Greenwich, RI 02818 USA
Telephone: 401-885-0545
Robert W. Merriam, Director
New York Safety Steam Power Company was incorporated in 1869 and had their sales office at 30 Cortlandt St. in New York City. Their steam engines were manufactured by Nichols and Langworthy (shown above) in Hope Valley, RI. The first three floors of the tower and the left half of the building are still standing.
N.Y.S.S.P.Co. sold both vertical "bottle" and horizontal engines. The term "bottle" refers to the shape of the main casting on the vertical engines.
The company's first "bottle engines were designed by Stephen Wilcox" and won a prize at the Paris Machinery Exhibition.
Below is an advertisement for N.Y.S.S.P.Co. vertical engines from 1884.
From the Providence Directory, 1889
Patents:
457,211 Balanced Slide Valve, August 4, 1891
527,503 Steam-Engine Governor, October 16, 1894
537,223 Governor for Steam-Engines, April 9, 1895
The New England Wireless and Steam Museum has three N.Y.S.S.P.Co.
engines.