Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0562
- Creators:
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Powers, William C.
- Dates:
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1862-1863
- Languages:
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English
- Physical Description:
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0.11 Cubic feet2 folders
- Repository:
This collection contains photographs and blueprints of the Powers (W. C.) Helicopter (1862).
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 7 black and white photographs of Powers (W. C.) Helicopter (1862) model and blueprints, as well as the original blueprints.
Arrangement
Arrangement
No arrangement.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
William C. Powers was an architectural engineer-mechanic in Mobile, AL during the Civil War. Between 1862 and 1863 he designed and built experimental plans and a model of a helicopter intended to provide the Confederate defenders of Mobile with a means for aerial bombing of the Federal blockading fleet. A family dispute apparently arose over the fear that the North would capture the ship and use it to destroy the South, and the plans were set aside until 1940.
Administration
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2018.
Author
Patti Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Clara McDermott and William V. McDermott, Gift, 1940, XXXX-0562
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
PowPowers (W. C.) Helicopter (1862) Collection, NASM.XXXX.0562, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
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Repository Contact
National Air and Space Museum Archives
14390 Air & Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151
NASMRefDesk@si.edu