First Power Press Small 320×190 Medium 640×381 Large 1024×609 Download Tiff Original 2400×1427 | (1.4 MB) Description Tredwell of Boston invented the first power press. The type is raised to meet the platen. Keywords invention, machine, printing press Galleries Printing and Paper Industries Source: Francis Rolt-Wheeler, The Boy with the U.S. Inventors (Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1920) 213