#75 Alden Research Laboratory Rotating Boom

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1908

Early 20th-century test facility for current meters, aircraft propellers, ships' logs, pitot tubes, and mine-sweeping paravanes

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This rotating boom played an important part in the testing and improvement of current meters, aircraft propellers, ships' logs, pitot tubes, and mine-sweeping paravanes. The original boom was designed by Professor Charles M. Allen (1871-1950), the first director of the Alden Research Laboratory.

Landmark Location

Alden Research Laboratory
30 Shrewsbury Street
Holden, MA 01604

Visiting Info

By appointment: Mon-Fri 8 am-4:30 pm

Ceremony Notes

May 1982

Owner

Worcester Polytechnic Inst.