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Powers (W. C.) Helicopter (1862) Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0562
Creators:
Powers, William C.
Dates:
1862-1863
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.11 Cubic feet
2 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

Author
Patti Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Clara McDermott and William V. McDermott, Gift, 1940, XXXX-0562
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2018.

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.

Keywords

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Aeronautics, Military -- pre-1903 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Aeronautics -- pre-1903 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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