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[Trade catalogs from Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co.]

Company Name:
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Kelly-Springfield Road Roller Co. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. ; Buffalo Steam Roller Co. ;  Search this
Notes content:
Rollers for road building ; steam rollers ; Kelly-Springfield street and road rollers.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
22 pieces; 2 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Springfield, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9132
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9132

[Trade catalogs from California Petroleum and Asphalt Co.]

Company Name:
California Petroleum and Asphalt Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Uses of Alcatraz asphalt.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
San Francisco, California, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Coal  Search this
Fuel  Search this
Petroleum  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9149
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9149

[Trade catalogs from Call-Watt Co.]

Company Name:
Call-Watt Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Plows and plow castings, road building machinery.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Dairying  Search this
Farm equipment  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9172
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9172

[Trade catalogs from Ransome Concrete Machinery Co.]

Variant company name:
Established in 1850  Search this
Company Name:
Ransome Concrete Machinery Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Ransome Machinery Co. ; Worthington Pump and Machinery Co. ; Ransome Co., Big Three Industrial Gas & Equipment Co. ; Ransome Machinery Co. Ltd. (based in London)  Search this
Notes content:
1920 ; concrete mixers ; high drum pavers ; concrete chutes and equipment ; dry or fertilizer mixers ; industrial and construction machinery and equipment ; "The Ransome Book: How To Make And How To Use Concrete" ; road pavers ; truck mixers and agitators ; portable woodworking mills ; welding equipment ; welding positioners ; dust-proof glass batch mixers ; "Ransome Monkey-on-a-Stick" ; plaster and mortar mixer ; work positioning equipment ; one flyer has a picture of a woman welder ;
Includes:
Trade catalog and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
98 pieces; 4 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Dunellen, New Jersey, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Woodworking machinery and wood crafts  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Topic:
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Woodworking industries  Search this
Woodworking machinery  Search this
Woodworking tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9214
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9214

[Trade catalogs from Ransome International Conduit Co.]

Variant company name:
Patented in 1903-1912  Search this
Company Name:
Ransome International Conduit Co.  Search this
Notes content:
concrete centering and molds ; collapsible telescopic centering and molding machines ; pipe molds ; molding machines for road pavements, sidewalks, curbs and gutters ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Plumbing supplies and fixtures  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Plumbing equipment industry  Search this
Plumbing fixtures  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9229
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9229

[Trade catalogs from Canada Cement Co., Ltd.]

Company Name:
Canada Cement Co., Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
Technical documents on preparation of cement for highway pavement, other uses. Specifications published by the Canadian Engineering Standards Association. Promotional booklet, "What the farmer can do with concrete."
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
8 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9468
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9468

[Trade catalogs from Canadian Amiesite Ltd.]

Company Name:
Canadian Amiesite Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
Asphalt pavement.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9479
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9479

[Trade catalogs from Canadian Bitumuls Co. Ltd.]

Company Name:
Canadian Bitumuls Co. Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
Cold-applies asphalt.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9482
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9482

[Trade catalogs from Reavell & Co., Ltd.]

Company Name:
Reavell & Co., Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
petrol or diesel engine driven air compressors ; hand operated air compressors ; portable air compressors for road making ; dry vacuum pumps ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Ipswich, United Kingdom
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Engineering consultants and contractors  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Topic:
Air-compressors  Search this
Consulting engineers  Search this
Engineers  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9730
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9730

[Trade catalogs from Recondo-Malaytex Ltd.]

Company Name:
Recondo-Malaytex Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
"malaplastic" paving composition with a bituminised rubber binding medium, made with granulated cork and stone dust ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9744
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9744

[Trade catalogs from John F. Byers Machine Co.]

Company Name:
John F. Byers Machine Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Byers Machine Co. ; Bear Cat Shovel Works (div.)  Search this
Notes content:
Steam hoisting engines ; derrick cars, derrick irons, hand powers, blocks and sheaves for contractors and quarrymen ; auto cranes for road building ; "Bear Cat Jr." shovels.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
21 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Ravenna, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Topic:
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Engines  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Motors  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9845
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9845

[Trade catalogs from Century Engineering Co. (WI)]

Company Name:
Century Engineering Co. (WI)  Search this
Notes content:
Century Seal-Coat Units to be mounted on trucks and spread all dry aggregates such as chlorides, sand, cinders, and stone.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
4 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Automobiles  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9944
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9944

[Trade catalogs from Refractall Mfg. Co.]

Variant company name:
Also spelled Refract-All Mfg. Co.  Search this
Company Name:
Refractall Mfg. Co.  Search this
Notes content:
wet-mix gun-applied castable refractories, insulation, mortar and concrete ; "REFRACT-ALL GUN" pneumatic gunning equipment for patching or repairing of masonry structures ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Foundries; supplies and equipment  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Refinery equipment  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Air-compressors  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Foundries  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Oil field equipment and supplies industry  Search this
Petroleum industry and trade  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9972
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9972

[Trade catalogs on chemicals (hydrofluoric acid, alkalies, calcium chloride, caustic soda, chlorine, sulphate ammonia), dyes, dye formulas, road construction, road maintenance, reagents, coal tar, portland cement, concrete, gas generators, furnaces, water gas machines, de-emulsifiers, coke ovens, protective paints, concrete road curing ... ]

Author:
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation  Search this
Barrett Company  Search this
W.E. Burnet & Co  Search this
General Chemical Company  Search this
National Aniline & Chemical Company  Search this
Semet-Solvay Engineering Corporation  Search this
Semet-Solvay Company  Search this
Solvay Process Company  Search this
Solvay Sales Corporation  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<77> v. : ill. (some col.)
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1906
1906-
Topic:
Chemicals  Search this
Dyes and dyeing  Search this
Roads--Design and construction  Search this
Chemical tests and reagents  Search this
Cement  Search this
Call number:
053902
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_719983

The new state aid road law : how improved roads may be secured under its provisions / prepared by the Maryland Geological Survey, Highway Division

Author:
Maryland Geological Survey Highway Division  Search this
Physical description:
7 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Maryland
Date:
1904
[1904]
Topic:
Highway law  Search this
Roads  Search this
Roads--Design and construction  Search this
Call number:
KFM295 .A33 1904
KFM295.A33 1904
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402058

Building the American highway system : engineers as policy makers / Bruce E. Seely

Author:
Seely, Bruce Edsall 1953-  Search this
Subject:
United States Bureau of Public Roads History  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1987
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Roads--Design and construction--History  Search this
Call number:
TE23.S44 1987X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_321472

Dixie Highway : road building and the making of the Modern South, 1900-1930 / Tammy Ingram

Author:
Ingram, Tammy  Search this
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for the Study of the American South  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southern States
United States
Dixie Highway
Date:
2014
20th century
1901-1953
Topic:
Roads--Design and construction--History  Search this
Roads--History  Search this
Transportation--Social aspects--History  Search this
Transportation--Political aspects--History  Search this
Express highways--Political aspects--History  Search this
History  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1080197

We fought the road / Christine McClure and Dennis McClure

Author:
McClure, Christine  Search this
McClure, Dennis  Search this
Subject:
Timberlake, Helen May -2009  Search this
Physical description:
224 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm
Type:
Texts
History
Place:
Alaska
Canada, Western
Alaska Highway
Date:
2017
20th century
Topic:
Roads--Design and construction--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114589

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