Everything about the Eli Whitney Museum totally explained
The
Eli Whitney Museum, in
Hamden,
Connecticut, focuses on design and invention with hands-on projects and exhibits on
Eli Whitney and
A. C. Gilbert.
The museum building was originally the Eli Whitney Armory, erected by Whitney to produce
muskets on a site he purchased on
September 17,
1798. The factory was powered by water from the
Mill River and produced muskets for the
United States government. On
June 14,
1798, he contracted to produce 10,000 muskets to be delivered within 28 months at the cost of $134,000.00; in fact, it took ten years. When he signed the contract, Whitney had no factory, no workers and no experience in gun manufacturing. However, in a letter to
Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, a fellow
Yale University graduate and friend, Whitney had written:
» I'm persuaded that Machinery moved by water adapted to this Business would greatly diminish the labor and facilitate the manufacture of this Article. Machines for forging, rolling, floating, boring, grinding, polishing, etc. may all be made use of to advantage.... (May 13, 1798)
Whitney's factory was at the very forefront of the American
Industrial Revolution, using water-powered machinery, and it was among the first to have standardized, interchangeable parts (for some but not all of its parts).
The Eli Whitney museum has exhibits on Whitney and his most famous invention, the
cotton gin. Other exhibits cover the historic site and A. C. Gilbert, the inventor and toy maker best known for his invention of the
erector set. The museum is an experimental learning workshop for design and specializes in building projects for children blending science and invention. The site is located near a water reservoir as well as a hiking trail and also includes a reconstruction of
Ithiel Town's innovative lattice truss
covered bridge. The museum hosts summer programs and birthday parties.
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