The Giant Underwood Typewriter, Underwood Garden Pier Exhibit
Additional Details:
| This huge machine, weighing 14 tons, costing $100,000 required 3 years to build. Each typebar weighs 45 pounds and the carriage alone weighs 3,500 pounds. The dimensions of the machine in action are 21 feet wide by 18 feet high. The Underwood letterhead shown in the illustration was written on the giant typewriter and measures 9 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. |
