The model paper makeing operation fills up the length of the exhibit (on right here). There’s a lot packed into this exhibit including some Ephrata history.
Most of us from the field trip made a multipurpose visit to the National Museum of Industrial History on Saturday. Of course we wanted to see their Print and Papermaking exhibit now that it’s complete. Paul had some matrices for their newly acquired Linotype. And we also had some questions about some presses we’re privately restoring/repairing to ask the purveyor of the Excelsior Press, who is the exhibit’s resident letterpress expert.
The exhibit is really great and worth the trip while it’s still there! What really amazed us was the working model of a paper making operation. It really makes paper. Frank, the resident mechanical wizard, gave us a full tour of it.