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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Hyde Windlass Company Blueprints and Drawings
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0239
- Creators:
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Hyde Windlass Company
- Dates:
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circa 1895-1950
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Cubic feet2 boxes
- Repository:
The Hyde Windlass Company was founded in 1895 for the manufacture of deck machinery. Growing interest in marine transportation and the necessity for it because of wars increased the company's size enabling it to design and manufacture a larger variety of products from propellers and marine fittings to other heavy machine assemblies.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Blueprints and drawings for the company's manufacturing of marine machinery and equipment.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The Hyde Windlass Company was founded in 1895 for the manufacture of deck machinery. Growing interest in marine transportation and the necessity for it because of wars increased the company's size enabling it to design and manufacture a larger variety of products from propellers and marine fittings to other heavy machine assemblies.
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Hyde Windlass Company, Bath, Maine.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation.
Processing Information
Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Hyde Windlass Company, ca. 1895-1950, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ships -- Equipment and supplies | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Marine machinery | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Naval architecture -- Designs and plans | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Maine | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Marine engineering | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Blueprints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Deck (Naval architecture) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hyde, General Thomas W. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bath Iron Works. | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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