George H.Corliss Day

By Staff
Published on May 1, 1976
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One hundred years ago in May, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant
and Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil turned the emerald studded
throttles to start the huge Corliss engine marking the opening of
the Centennial Fair in Philadelphia. These two heads of state were
supported by a choir of 1,000 voices singing Handel’s
Hallelujah chorus, Theodore Thomas’ band of 150 pieces playing

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