Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Berlin Construction Company Records

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1032
Creators:
Darnell, Victor C.
Berlin Iron Bridge Company (East Berlin, Conn.).
Berlin Construction Company (East Berlin, Conn.)
Dates:
1890-1953
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Cubic feet
1 box, 5 oversize folders
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Blueprints and plans for facilities built by the company, including coal-handling bridges, coal unloading towers, dock trestles, and coal-handling plants and two photograph albums from the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, East Berlin, Connecticut. The images in one of the albums are mostly of factory scenes. The other album contains mostly images of bridges throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and elsewhere in New England. The collection also contains blueprints and plans for facilities built by the company, including coal-handling bridges, coal unloading towers, dock trestles, and coal-handling plants.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one series.

Administration

Author
Alison Oswald
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center by Division of Work and Industry, 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Victor C. Darnell, 1981 and 1986.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
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.
Preferred Citation
Berlin Construction Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Blueprints -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bridges Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Building Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coal Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Factories Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photograph albums -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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