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Tuesday, March 24, 1885  

Francis Perot passed away at 89 years of age. In addition to being a prominent Philadelphia brewer, he built in 1818 one of the first stationary steam engines in America. The engine operated in his brewery for sixty years.

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V. Clement Sweatman Brewery of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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