Hotchkiss Vertical Water Wheel
"With such a deservedly high character, the Subscribers feel justified in offering these Wheels to the Public. They will sell individual or county rights on reasonable terms. They also keep constantly on hand for sale, Pairs of Wheels, (varying in size to suit different heads of water," in this place [Fayetteville], Wilmington, Washington, and Newbern, -- and also for sale by John T. Dodson, Caswell County."
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, NC), 4 April 1846.
These vertical waters wheels powered saws for cutting lumber. John T. Dodson has not been further identified, but may be associated with the Dodson family of Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. However, the 1850 United States Federal Census shows John Dotson [Dodson], a "Mill Wright," born c. 1808 in Virginia, and living in Guilford County, North Carolina.
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