Query: Factories -- Power supply
Lockwood-Greene Records
Creators:
Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated
Lockwood-Greene Company
Whitman, David
Greene, Stephen
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Dates:
1784-2004, undated
bulk 1915-1930
Size:
270 Cubic feet (233 boxes, 850 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1113
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The engineering firm that became Lockwood Greene was founded by David Whitman, a mill engineer, in 1832. Amos D. Lockwood, a consultant, succeeded Whitman and entered a partnership with Stephen Greene in 1882. The firm specialized in industrial engineering and construction; they designed and built a wide variety of structures and work environments worldwide over the next century. Lockwood Greene was acquired by CH2M HILL in December, 2003. Before its acquisition by CH2MHILL it was reportedly the oldest industrial engineering, construction, and professional services firm in the United States.

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Charles T. Main, Inc. Photographs
Creators:
Main, Charles T., Inc.
Dates:
1910-1953
bulk 1910
Size:
0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1053
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection contains photographs of factories, mills, and other projects undertaken by Charles T. Main Inc

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Pratt, Read Corporation Records
Creators:
Nickse, Hugo
Johnson, Hanford
Comstock, Cheney and Co.
Pratt, Read and Company
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Dates:
1839-1990
Size:
84 Cubic feet (106 boxes, 28 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0320
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Records documenting Pratt, Read and Company; its early competitor and later partner, Comstock, Cheney and Company; and a number of predecessor, subsidiary and related companies. Other topics include the late 19th century African ivory trade and Pratt, Read's production of troop-carrying gliders during World War II.

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Jon and Jennifer Hanson Watch and Clock Collection
Creators:
Hanson, Jon
Hamilton Watch Company.
Dates:
1931-1954
undated
Size:
11.7 Cubic feet (8 boxes including photographs and negatives)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1122
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Photographic prints and negatives documenting the interior operations of the Hamilton Watch Company primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Cooper-Bessemer Corporation Records
Creators:
Cooper-Bessemer Corporation (Mt. Vernon, Ohio)
Dates:
1870-1961
Size:
27 Cubic feet (68 boxes, 1 map-folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0961
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

These records document the activities of the Cooper-Bessemer Corporation of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Grove City, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam, gas, and oil engines, compressors, and furnaces.

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Cincinnati Butchers' Supply Company Records
Creators:
Cincinnati Butchers' Supply Company
Dates:
circa 1890s-1990s
Size:
15 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 2 map folders)
78 Film reels
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0741
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents, primarily through trade literature, catalogs, and photographs, and films, a major meat manufacturer of machinery and equipment for the meat processing industry.

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William Mason Papers
Creators:
Mason, William, 1808-1883 (manufacturer)
Dates:
1839-1857
Size:
0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0045
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Papers of William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts--engine builder, machinist, and manufacturer of locomotives and cotton machinery. The papers consist of bills, receipts, and correspondence concerning the operation of his household, the construction of his residence, and several incidental papers dealing with his business affairs.

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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection
Creators:
Perkins, James Secor
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972
Dates:
1907-2000
bulk 1911-1924
Size:
5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0803
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Propulsion
Creators:
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
Dates:
Ongoing
Size:
175 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1183.B
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.

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James Nicol Halkett Papers
Creators:
Halkett, James Nicol, 1895-1953
Dates:
1924-1950
Size:
2 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 6 map folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1455
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents the life and work of engineer and inventor James Nicol Halkett.

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