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Jeremy Atack and Fred Bateman
Table Dd848-853 - Power in manufacturing-horsepower of equipment: 1869-1962

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  Dd848 Dd849 Dd850 Dd851 Dd852 Dd853
  Aggregate Prime movers Electric motors
  Number Per 100 production workers Total Driven by energy
Purchased Generated at establishment
Row Year Thousand horsepower Thousand horsepower Thousand horsepower Thousand horsepower Thousand horsepower Thousand horsepower
1 1869 ---- 114 2,346 ---- ---- ----
2 1879 ---- 125 3,410 ---- ---- ----
3 1889 ---- 140 5,939 15 ---- ----
4 1899 10,988 207 10,805 494 183 311
5 1899 9,811 218 9,633 475 178 297
6 1904 13,033 252 12,605 1,517 428 1,089
7 1909 18,062 288 16,393 4,582 1,669 2,913
8 1914 21,565 326 17,858 8,392 3,707 4,684
9 1919 28,397 333 19,432 15,612 8,965 6,647
10 1925 34,359 437 19,243 25,092 15,116 9,976
11 1927 37,126 473 18,902 29,153 18,224 10,929
12 1929 41,122 491 19,328 33,844 21,794 12,050
13 1939 49,893 652 21,077 44,827 28,816 16,011
14 1954 108,100 958 35,763 91,505 72,337 19,168
15 1962 151,498 1,249 2 45,770 126,783 105,728 21,054



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