Wharfedale Stop Cylinder Press

The Wharfedale Stop Cylinder Press is the largest (and loudest!) object in the NPM collection. The Wharfedale Press was invented in the mid-1800s by David Payne of Yorkshire, England. Powered by steam and using a cylinder rotary system, the press sped up the printing process. It was known as the “workhorse” due to its rate of productivity. The Museum’s Wharfedale Stop Cylinder Press was used by the Nenagh Guardian, a Co. Tipperary newspaper, until the 1930s. The press could print 800 pages an hour. The Wharfedale was restored to full working order and used to print a replica of the 1916 Proclamation for the centenary in 2016.