National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this
Extent:
6 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 5 map folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Trade catalogs
Tracings
Correspondence
Drawings
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Date:
1902-1921
Scope and Contents note:
These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; notes; shipping records; records of drawing costs; lists of materials needed; a card file listing owner, location, and dimensions of gas holders built by the company, 1883-1946; a record of employee injuries, 1929; and photographs of coupling engines, gas holders and their erection, gas works, and plants.
Arrangement:
Arrangement: By type of material.
Biographical/Historical note:
The Bartlett Hayward Company of Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1840 as Hayward and Friend, stove manufacturers. The company eventually expanded into the foundry, machinery, erection, and engineering fields and began manufacture of gas holders in 1876. The company merged with Koppers Company in 1937.
Provenance:
Donated by Charles Ferner of the Kopper Company, circa 1977.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Early Aeronautical Newsclippings (Alexander Graham Bell) Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0086, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
GATX Corp. ; Tank Car Div. ; Wiggins Vapor Seals Div. ; General American Process Equipment (div.) ; Process Equipment Div. ; General American Tank Car Corp. ; Louisville Drying Machinery Co. Search this
Notes content:
tank cars for the chemical, food and petroleum industries ; railcar lending and management company ; equipment for the process industries ; the "Wiggins Gasholder" for storage of chemical process gas and industrial gas ; "Conkey" filters - "Conkey" rotary hopper vacuum dewaterers ; sludge filters ; evaporators ; drum dryers ; annual reports - 1990, 1994. During World War II, company manufactures artillery tanks and tank cars, as well as shell casings. http://www.gatx.com/common/about/history.asp
Includes:
Histories
Color images
Physical description:
31 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.) Search this
Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.) Search this
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components) Search this
[Trade catalogs on water and gas works appliances : pipes, valves, mechanical joints; fire hydrants, turbines, gas holders, lamp posts; centrifugal pumping machinery, gas producers and producer gas power plants; hydraulic tools and machinery, cranes, presses for metal and plastics ... ]
A report of the Mohawk-Hudson area survey; a selective recording survey of the industrial archeology of the Mohawk and Hudson River valleys in the vicinity of Troy, New York, June-September 1969. Robert M. Vogel, editor
[Trade catalogs on gas works and purification plants and equipment: gasholders, condenser sets, washer-scrubbers, purifiers, steel storage tanks and oil installations, floating roofs, disintegrators, electro-detarrers; steel plate constructional work and phosphoric acid pickling; weighbridges and steel yards, weighing machines; electrical precipitation plant and equipment; producer gas cleaning pl...