American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Search this
Barton Power Station (Manchester, England). Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this
Extent:
0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Blueprints
Correspondence
Date:
1923-1970
Summary:
The collection contains papers assembled by Anders K. Bak, a Danish mechanical engineer and employee of the Detroit Edison Power Company. The papers include personal correspondence concerning the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; papers on the Parsons Steam Turbine; papers and blueprints on work done at the Barton Power Station in Manchester, England; and Detroit Edison Company background material, blueprints, articles, power plant test reports, information and data.
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence concerning the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1945, 1968, 1970; papers on the Parsons Steam Turbine, 1933; papers and blueprints on work done at the Barton Power Station, Manchester, England, 1925-1934; photographs of buildings, staff, and equipment at the Mason Laboratory of Yale University; and material on the Detroit Edison Company, including a corporate history, 1903-1923, research and operations reports, 1923-1926, and copy for a pamphlet.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into three series.
Series 1: Historical Background Materials, 1923-1970
Series 2: Power Plant Materials, 1917-1932
Subseries 2.1: Conners Creek Power Plant, 1917-1924
Subseries 2.2: Trenton Channel Power Plant, 1923-1925, undated
Subseries 2.3: Test Reports, 1920-1926
Subseries 2.4: Other, 1927-1932
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1919-1933
Biographical / Historical:
Anders K. Bak was a Danish mechanical engineer and employee of the Detroit Edison Power Company. The Detroit Edison Company was incorporated on January 17, 1903, for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture, distribution and sales of electricity in the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan, and elsewhere. Construction at Conners Creek, Michigan, was begun in 1913. The site was located on the Detroit River at the outflow of Lake St. Clair and had the Detroit Terminal railway on its eastern side. In 1918 the company started work on a power plant site, the Trenton Channel Power Plant, which acquired the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River.
Provenance:
The collection was donated to the Museum's Division of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry) in the 1970s by the Detroit Edison Company.
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.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this
Extent:
1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 map-folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Technical reports
Business records
Awards
Articles
Patents
Blueprints
Notebooks
Drawings
Date:
circa 1900-1969
Summary:
Collection documents stokers and fuel burners and includes patents, awards, articles, notebooks, graphs, drawings, tables, and company publications.
Scope and Contents note:
The collection consists of the personal papers of Royce L. Beers, mostly as they relate to his work in mechanical engineering. It includes trade literature, publications, articles, company records and price lists, patents, correspondence, technical reports, tables, graphs, calculations, drawings and sketches, blueprints, research notebooks, field notes, photographs, and prints. Also included are personal and biographical material, such as portraits and documents related to an awards banquet. There are several items of general interest including copies of the Ringlemann scale, a photograph of the Panama Canal Zone, reference to Nestle's Milk Products Company, and an article written by Orville Wright. In addition, there are materials relating to Mrs. Beers' hospital diet.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into eight series.
Series 1, Personal Materials, circa 1900-1969
Series 2, Trade Literature, 1919-1947
Series 3, Publications, 1921-1948, undated
Series 4, Reports, 1917-1946; undated
Series 5, Blueprints, Drawings, Graphs and Tables, 1914-1949,; undated
Series 6, Engineering Research Notebooks, 1913-1945
Series 7, Photographs and Prints, undated
Series 8, Miscellaneous Materials, undated
Biographical/Historical note:
Mechanical engineer.
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Railroad Trade Literature Collection NMAH.AC.1136
Central Film Service Collection NMAH.AC.1247
Seymour McIntosh and Company NMAH.AC.0985
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Stoves and Heating Industry NMAH.AC.0060
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Railroads NMAH.AC.0060
Pratt, Read and Corporation Records NMAH.AC.0320
John H. White, Jr. Railroad Reference Collection NMAH.AC.0523
Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records NMAH.AC.0001
Railroad Trade Literature Collection NMAH.AC.1136
Provenance:
Found in the collection of the Division of the History of Technology.
Restrictions:
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.
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.
Collection Citation:
Forman H. Craton Collection, 1902-1983, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection 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.
Central Europe, Rhineland -- Grinding of Knife Blades in a Solingen Cottage
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (20 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1961
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: surveys first the spillway, canal, water wheel and power mechanism at the cottage itself. Knives are then brought to be sharpened by using the grindstone, and the entire sharpening process is shown.
Legacy Keywords: Germany ; Central Europe, Rhineland ; Europe
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.567; E00427
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Europe, Rhineland -- Grinding of Knife Blades in a Solingen Cottage
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (20 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1961
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: surveys first the spillway, canal, water wheel and power mechanism at the cottage itself. Knives are then brought to be sharpened by using the grindstone, and the entire sharpening process is shown.
Legacy Keywords: Germany ; Central Europe, Rhineland ; Europe
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.567; E00427
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The power pop-up book : our planet's energy resources : production, consumption, conservation and innovation / by Claudio Vita-Finzi ; illustrated by Phil Jacobs ; [conceived and designed by Graham Brown ; paper engineering by Paul Wilgress]
Energy, Earth, and everyone : a global energy strategy for spaceship Earth / by Medard Gabel, with the World Game Workshop ; with a foreword by R. Buckminster Fuller, and an afterword by Stewart Brand
On the development and transmission of power from central stations : being the Howard lectures delivered at the Society of Arts in 1893 / by William Cawthorne Unwin ..
Modern energy technology : nuclear, coal, petroleum, solar, geothermal, fuel cells, oil shale, tar sands, organic wastes / staff of Research and Education Association
