Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works Records

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1545
Creators:
Kingsford Foundry and Machine Company
Dates:
1898-1926
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
9.1 Cubic feet
3 boxes, 14 map folders
Repository:
Collection documents the activities of the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Company.
Content Description
Content Description
Records chiefly concern the work of the Kingsford Foundry & Machine Company, Stumpf Unaflow steam engines, Kingsford steam boilers, stationary and marine crossheads, flywheels, and steam turbines. Included are catalogs, sales information, drawings, patents, sketches, air brush drawings, mounted photographs of Kingsford-Webster boilers, blueprints, designs, and specifications.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is unarranged.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Industrial Precision Products, through William J. Gallagher, plant manager, 1972.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Blueprints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boilers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Governors (Machinery) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Patents Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketches Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Specifications Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Steam-engines Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Electric generators Topical 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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