Moore, who also knew him quite well, spoke of Latta in the highest 

 terms. 33 It might be fair to say of Latta that while he attempted 

 to be original in all his works and was devoted to the honest perfection 

 of mechanisms, his genius was not above the production of several 

 dismal failures. 



Moore, Autobiographical Outlines, pp. 56-58. 





Figure 8.— A. Harkness & Son Foundry as it appeared in 1848. It is 

 the large 2- and 3-story building in the central foreground. (Photo 

 courtesy Cincinnati Public Library.) 



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