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John A. Roebling Collection

Creator:
Roebling, Charles Gustavus, 1849-1918  Search this
Roebling, Ferdinand W. (Ferdinand William), 1842-1917  Search this
John A. Roebling's Sons Company  Search this
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869  Search this
Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926.  Search this
Collector:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this
Extent:
18.5 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 1 map-folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photograph albums
Specifications
Reports
Price lists
Photographs
Newsletters
Letterpress books
Correspondence
Blueprints
Ledgers (account books)
Genealogies
Notebooks
Patents
Date:
1836-1975
bulk 1930-1950
Summary:
Collection documents the work of the John A. Roebling's Sons Company, builders of bridges. The materials consist primarily of photograph albums documenting some of the bridges, tramways, ski lifts and chair lifts that Roebling's Sons Company was involved with. The documentation also includes specifications, patents, and reference materials about the engineering process of building bridges and bridges in general.
Scope and Contents:
The collection documents the work of the John A. Roebling's Sons Company, builders of bridges. The materials consist primarily of photograph albums documenting a variety of bridges, mostly in the United States. The documentation also includes specifications, patents, and reference materials about the engineering process of building bridges and bridges in general.

Series 1, Historical background materials, 1895-1958, is divided into two subseries: Subseries 1, John A. Roebling's and Sons Company materials, 1895-1949 and Subseries 2, Newsletters, 1929-1931.

Subseries 1, John A. Roebling's and Sons Company materials, 1895-1949, contains a variety of items related to the company such as historical narratives, correspondence, price lists, testing data, and a ledger with cost estimates. The correspondence is partially bound (pages 1 to 104) from a letter press book (handwritten and typescript) belonging to John A. Roebling's and Sons Company. William Hildebrand and Charles G. Roebling are the chief correspondents. The correspondence documents daily activities related to the design and erection of bridges as well as finances and supplies. Charles G. Roebling's notebook, undated, contains calculations and notes about various bridge projects.

Subseries 2, Newsletters, 1929-1931, contain copies of Blue Center and Wire Engineering, which were John A. Roebling's and Sons Company publications intended for employees. The newsletters were apparently used as scrapbooks, with black-and-white photographs pasted into the pages. Found among the pages of Blue Center are photographs of the Hudson River Bridge and in Wire Engineering, there are photographs of the Maysville, Kentucky Bridge.

Series 2, Photographs, 1926-1975, comprises the largest series in the collection. The photographs are primarily black-and-white and document aerial tramways, tramways for logging or mining, chair lifts, ski lifts, floods, and bridge construction projects. The latter makes up the majority. Most photographs were assembled into albums with corresponding captions and dates, and almost all of the photographs document bridges in the United States. There is one exception, the Yauricocha Tramway in Peru. In some instances, the captions are recorded on the back of the photographs, and others were recorded on album pages. The series is arranged alphabetically by name of bridge and/or project.

Series 3, Specifications, 1855-1962, consists of printed textual documents (both bound and loose) that contain information for bidders, proposals, contracts, and bonds, and the detailed specifications. This series is arranged alphabetically by bridge name.

Series 4, Reports, 1928-1938, contains bound reports (both progress and final) detailing problems, requirements, research, manufacture, plant installation, cable equipment, strand adjustments, and Roebling Company developments. This series is arranged alphabetically by bridge/and/or project.

Series 5, Patent materials, 1849-1952, consists of issued patents (to a variety of individuals) for cable and cable appliances, cables, and cable apparatus, cableways and tramways, and grips. The patents are arranged by subject area, then by patent number.

Series 6, Reference materials, 1836-1964, contains a wide range of materials—articles, biographical files, drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings, advertising, correspondence, notes—documenting all aspects of bridges. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1, Historical background materials, 1895-1958, undated

Subseries 1, Biographical, 1900-1958, undated

Subseries 2, John A. Roebling's and Sons Company materials, 1895-1949

Subseries 3, Newsletters, 1929-1931

Series 2, Photographs, 1926-1975

Series 3, Specifications, 1855-1962

Series 4, Reports, 1928-1938

Series 5, Patent materials, 1849-1952

Series 6, Reference materials, 1836-1964
Biographical / Historical:
John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869) was the founder and proprietor of John A. Roebling's Sons Company. Born in Mühlhausen, Germany, he was a civil engineer famous for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, in particular, the design of the Brooklyn Bridge. Roebling married Johana Herting in 1836 and they had nine children: Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926); Laura R. Methfessel (1840-1873); Ferdinand W. Roebling (1842-1917); Elvira R. Stewart (1844-1871); Josephine R. Jarvis (b. 1847); Charles Gustavus Roebling (1849-1918); Edmund Roebling (1854-1930); William Roebling (b. 1856, d. 1860); and Hannah Roebling (died in infancy). Roebling's three sons, Washington Augustus Roebling; Ferdinand William Roebling and Charles Gustavus Roebling, worked for the company.

Roebling's Sons Company was active in the design and manufacture of wire rope used in the erection of suspension bridges since the 1840s. Roebling devised a system of spinning the wires together where weights and swivels turned the wire coils in the opposite direction from the twisting, thereby removing kinks. Method of and Machine for Manufacturing Wire Rope (US Patent # 2,720) issued on July 16, 1842. Roebling would adapt this wire rope to his suspension bridge principle. In 1848, he established a company—John Roebling's Sons Company—in Trenton, New Jersey, to manufacture his wire rope. Roebling manufacturing plants were sold in 1952 to the Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) Company of Pueblo, Colorado. In 1968, the Crane Company purchased the CF& I.
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center

George S. Morison Collection (AC0978)

Modjeski and Masters Company Records (AC0976)

Materials at Other Organizations

The Rutgers University, Special Collections and University Archives

Roebling family papers, cicra 1820s-1950s
Provenance:
This collection was donated by Blair Birdsall, former chief engineer at John A. Roebling's Sons Company in 1981.
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.
Topic:
Bridges -- New York (N.Y.)  Search this
Bridge construction industry -- United States  Search this
Bridges -- Design and construction  Search this
Iron industry and trade -- United States  Search this
Iron industry and trade -- Colorado  Search this
Wire industry -- New Jersey  Search this
Suspension bridges -- Design and construction  Search this
Ski lifts  Search this
Wire-rope industry -- New Jersey  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photograph albums
Specifications
Reports
Price lists
Photographs -- 20th century
Newsletters -- 1920-1940
Letterpress books
Correspondence
Blueprints
Ledgers (account books)
Genealogies
Notebooks
Patents
Citation:
John A. Roebling Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0981
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8419ecb5a-d411-4efa-b829-43d8cc9002ec
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0981
Online Media:

[Trade catalogs from Contractors Supply & Equipment Co., Inc.]

Company Name:
Contractors Supply & Equipment Co., Inc.  Search this
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Leather products; tanning and equestrian supplies  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Foundries; supplies and equipment  Search this
Carriages; wagons and accessories  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Topic:
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Carriage and wagon making  Search this
Carriages and carts  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Foundries  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Leather industry and trade  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Tanning  Search this
Tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_11333
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_11333

[Trade catalogs from Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp.]

Company Name:
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp.  Search this
Related companies:
Coburn Trolley Track Mfg. Co. (div.) ; Wickwire Spencer Steel Div. ; California Wire Cloth Corp. (Pacific Coast subsidiary) ; Colorado Coal and Iron Co. ; John A. Roebling's Sons. Div.  Search this
Notes content:
Hardware for sliding doors, garage, warehouse, automatic fire and overhead doors ; overhead conveying equipment ; wire rope ; wire rope slings ; Annual Report, 1896...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
49 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
Date:
1800s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Firefighting and fire engines  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Fire fighting equipment industry  Search this
Hardware  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_11893
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_11893

[Trade catalogs from Denver Equipment Co.]

Company Name:
Denver Equipment Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Oversized. Mining equipment: agitators; air compressors; classifiers; ball mills; amalgam presses; amalgamation barrels, clean-up pans, drums, plates; assay furnaces; ore conveyors; bin gates; bearings; cars; cages; crushers; distributors; hoists; indicators; laboratory flotation machines; loaders; mills; pumps; presses; rod mills; screens; samplers; skips/buckets; tanks; vacuum equipment; sand pumps; wet and dry reagent feeders; speed reducers and small motors; coal sampling tower system; thickener/clarifer; etc. ; Denver-Goodyear molded rubber parts ; stroke diaphragm pumps ; rotary vacuum filters for metallics and non-metallics ;
Includes:
Trade catalog, manual and histories
Black and white images
Physical description:
306 pieces; 5 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Mills and milling supplies  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
Air-compressors  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Engines  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Milling machinery  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Motors  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_13858
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_13858

[Trade catalogs from R. Hardesty Mfg. Co.]

Variant company name:
Established 1888  Search this
Company Name:
R. Hardesty Mfg. Co.  Search this
Notes content:
"Hardesty" all-steel water control gates ; irrigation equipment.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
9 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Topic:
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_19051
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_19051

[Trade catalogs from Hassell Engineering Co.]

Variant company name:
Established 1878  Search this
Company Name:
Hassell Engineering Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Mining equipment ; castings.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Foundries; supplies and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Foundries  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_19821
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_19821

[Trade catalogs from Stearns-Roger Corp.]

Company Name:
Stearns-Roger Corp.  Search this
Related companies:
Stearns-Roger ; Stearns-Roger Fabricators, Inc. ; Stearns-Roger Manufacturers, Inc. ; Stearns-Roger Mfg. Co. ; see cataloged portion under Stearns-Roger Engineering Corporation.  Search this
Notes content:
engineering & construction services for mining, metallurgical, synthetic fuels, petroleum & petrochemical refining industries and electric utilities ; pipe fabrication ; foundry capabilities ; Pearce Turret furnace ; Crane's automatic ore dresser and picking table ; mills & equipment ; separators ; sand pumps ; ore feeders ; mining machinery. "Operator's Manual for Liquefied Gas Storage Plant." .... These materials comprise the uncataloged portion of Stearns-Roger Corp., see cataloged portion under Stearns-Roger Engineering Corporation.
Includes:
Trade catalog and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
46 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)  Search this
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Engineering consultants and contractors  Search this
Foundries; supplies and equipment  Search this
Furnaces and boilers  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Mills and milling supplies  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Refinery equipment  Search this
Topic:
Advertising  Search this
Air-compressors  Search this
Boilers  Search this
Business  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Consulting engineers  Search this
Engineers  Search this
Foundries  Search this
Furnaces  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Marketing  Search this
Milling machinery  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Oil field equipment and supplies industry  Search this
Petroleum industry and trade  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_22479
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_22479

[Trade catalogs from Timken Roller Bearing Co.]

Company Name:
Timken Roller Bearing Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Steel and Tube Div. ; Timken Steel & Tube Co. ; Railway Div. ; Timken Co., Rock Bit Div. (Colorado Springs, CO)  Search this
Notes content:
alloy steel tubing ; tool steel ; tapered roller bearings for machine tools, motor vehicles, carriages, wagons, mining, mills ; rock bits ; Timken Locomotive
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
228 pieces; 18 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Canton, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Carriages; wagons and accessories  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Mills and milling supplies  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
Automobiles  Search this
Carriage and wagon making  Search this
Carriages and carts  Search this
Cosmetics  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Milling machinery  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Railroad equipment industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Street-railroads  Search this
Subways  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_25415
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25415

[Trade catalogs from Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.]

Company Name:
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.  Search this
Related companies:
Union Carbide Corp. ; Battery Products Div. ; United States Vanadium Co. (div.) ; Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. (div.) ; Bakelite Corp. (unit) ; Haynes Stellite Co. (unit) ; National Carbon Co., Inc. (unit) ; Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. (unit) ; Linde Co. (unit) ; Linde Air Products Co. (unit) ; Oxweld Acetylene Co. (unit) ; Electro Metallurgical Co. (unit) ; Union Carbide & Carbon Laboratories, Inc. ; National Carbide Sales Co. ; Food Products Div. ; Silicones Div. ; Oxweld Railroad Service Co. (unit) ; Materials Systems Div. ; Union Carbide Metals Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Battery Products Div. - "Eveready" and "Energizer" batteries, flashlights, searchlights. National Carbon Co., Inc. - press kit about the "Colorado Plateau Uranium Mining Industry." Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. - "Eveready" and "Mini-Mox" products. Bakelite Corp. - plastics and "vinylite" plastics. Haynes Stellite Co. - metal cutting tools, high-strength alloys for corrosion resistance, cast metal parts, self-sharpening sugar mill knives, "Hascrome," and "Hastelloy." National Carbon Co., Inc. - carbon and graphite products, corrosion resistant heat exchange equipment, ground anodes, "Karbate." Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. - synthetic organic chemicals, organic acids, emulsions, "Vinylite" plastic sheet and sheeting, "Vinylite" resins, ethers and oxides, "Flexol" plasticizers. Linde Air Products Co. - "Oxweld" welding rods and other welding equipment; Welding goggles ; safety equipment ; protective eyewear ; "Prest-O-Lite" plumber's acetylene torch; other "Prest-O-Lite" torches; "Prest-O-Lite" leak detector; "Prestolite"; "oxwelded" piping; "Fabrication of Welded Piping Designs"; "Recommended Practices for Gas Cutting of Structural Steel"; "Purox" torch; "Oxwelded Roof Trusses"; "Design Standards for Oxwelded Steel and Wrought Iron Piping"; welding and machine maintenance; "Heliarc HW-20" torch; "Linde Tips" company publication; chromium steels; "Steel Hard-Facing Procedure"; "Oxweld" portable tensile testing machine; bronze-welding; carbide residue; "The Testing and Qualification of Welders"; oxygen lance; "Unionmelt" electric welding; "The Oxwelder's Handbook"; airplane fuselage welding; "Duralumin"; "specialty gases", gas containers, flow regulators, and other equipment; one oversized record for "Mechanized Oxy-Acetylene Conditioning of Steel". Oxweld Acetylene Co. - welding and cutting equipment. Electro Metallurgical Co. - "Electromet" ferro-alloys & metals, "Cromansil" steel, stainless steels, briquetted alloys, etc. Food Products Div. - processed meats. Silicones Div. - silicone products. Oxweld Railroad Service Co. - welding and cutting apparatus and supplies. Materials Systems Div. - systems for the chemical process industry. Union Carbide Metals Co. - chromium-nickel-manganese stainless steels. Semiconductor products & solid state operational amplifiers.
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
652 pieces; 18 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Kokomo, Indiana, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this
Brass; bronze and specialty metals  Search this
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Mills and milling supplies  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Plastics and rubber  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airships  Search this
Balloons  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Beverage industry  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Brass  Search this
Bronze  Search this
Candles  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Distilleries  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Food industry and trade  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Lamps  Search this
Lighting  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Metals  Search this
Milling machinery  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Plastics industry and trade  Search this
Rubber industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_25564
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25564

[Trade catalogs from Vulcan Iron Works Co.]

Company Name:
Vulcan Iron Works Co.  Search this
Notes content:
jigging conveyors ; electric and steam hoists ; mining machinery ; irrigation machinery ; castings ; forgings
Includes:
Trade catalog and photographs
Black and white images
Physical description:
10 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_27033
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_27033

[Trade catalogs from Wickwire Spencer Steel Co.]

Company Name:
Wickwire Spencer Steel Co.  Search this
Related companies:
"WISSCO" ; Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. , Wickwire Spencer Steel Div. , Pacific Coast Div. ; Wickwire Spencer Sales Corp. ; American Wire Fabrics Corp. ; American Isteg Co.  Search this
Notes content:
"'Hot Welding' For Speed...And Quality.." By Gilbert E. Doan , from "Metal Progress" January 1932 ; springs ; formed wires ; World War II wartime publication ; "Clinton" welded sheathing ; "Clinton" electrically welded wire fabric ; wire fencing ; wire rope ; radiator enclosures , panels , and grilles ; wire ; staples ; tree guards ; park baskets ; garbage burners ; "Excelsior" picture cord and clothes line ; coal screens ; sand screens ; "Know Your Ropes: A Manual of Wire Rope Selection, Application And Usage That Tells You How To Make Your Wire Rope Last Longer" ; wire rope fittings ; "Clinton" puoltry netting ; "WISSCO" perforated metal ; conveyor belts ; automotive parts ; "Wickwire" valve springs ; "Wickwire" starter spring ; mechanics' wire ; other automotive parts ; clock springs ; motor springs ; door springs ; gate springs ; helical springs ; "Clinton" wire lath ; "Excelsior" box band and bale tie ; "Excelsior" stove pipe wire ; nails ; "Buffalo" barbed wire and fence cable ; "WISSCO" card and napper clothing ; "The Metallography of Steel Wire" by B. L. McCarthy ; "Fencing For Safety" ; wire fencing ; "Standard Method of Testing Isteg Steel Reinforcing Bars" ; "Isteg Steel for Reinforced Concrete" ; "WISSCO" decorative perforated metals ; "WISSCOLAY" preformed wire rope ; grilles ; "Protective Zinc Coatings for steel wire as used for Chain Link Fencing" by B. L. McCarthy ; "Wire the World Over" , a short history of wire drawing ; "Isteg" steel bars ; other wire products .
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and manual
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
71 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Fences  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.)  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
"Recycling (Waste, etc.)"  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Architectural metal-work  Search this
Art metal-work  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Engines  Search this
Fence industry  Search this
Industrial equipment  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Motors  Search this
Refuse and refuse disposal  Search this
Refuse disposal industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Water -- Purification  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_28353
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_28353

[Trade catalogs from Partridge Smelting & Refining Co.]

Company Name:
Partridge Smelting & Refining Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Universal Smelting & Refining Company ; Wm. Ainsworth & Sons Co.  Search this
Notes content:
A 1914 booklet entitled "Fire Concentration: the Partridge Hot Blast Smelting Furnace", plus a letter from Robert Ainsworth regarding this machine ; and an information black on various ores.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)  Search this
Foundries; supplies and equipment  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Furnaces and boilers  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Topic:
Boilers  Search this
Foundries  Search this
Furnaces  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Mining machinery industry  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_29003
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29003

[Trade catalogs from Band - It Company]

Company Name:
Band - It Company  Search this
Notes content:
Band - It Clamps ; tools ; bands ; buckles ; Scru - Lokt ; hose nipples ; menders ; swivel adapter unions ; hose nipple pushers.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Color images
Physical description:
2 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Denver, Colorado, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this
Topic:
Hardware  Search this
Iron industry and trade  Search this
Steel industry and trade  Search this
Tools  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_7130
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_7130

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