Hoe Patent Double-Cylinder Press

side view with a slight perspective effect of the Hoe double-cylinder press as marketed in 1881. It came in lengths ranging from 16 ft. (4.9 m) to 19 ft. 10 in. (6.04 m) and weighted between 8 and 12 tons; its price ranged from $5,500 to $7,500. The catalog further describes it as follows:

This press is exceedingly strong, and the number seven size is capable of a speed of three thousand per hour; the smaller sizes, of course, running faster in proportion than the larger. As will be seen by the cut, it has been entirely remodeled, and the height reduced, so that its solidity, durability, and general efficiency are greatly increased...