Object Details
Variant company name
Est. 1840 ; Roebling, NJ ; Chicago, IL ; Philadelphia, PA ; Cleveland, OH ; Atlanta, GA
Company Name
John A. Roebling's Sons Co.
Related companies
Roebling Construction Co. ; Woven Wire Fabrics Div. ; John A. Roebling's Sons Co. of California (San Francisco, CA ; Los Angeles, CA ; Seattle, WA ; Portland, OR) ; John A. Roebling's Sons Div., Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. ; Kellems Products Inc. ; John A. Roebling's Sons Co. of New York (New York, NY ; Boston, MA)
Date range
1800s-1900s
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_13542
Type of material
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Notes content
wire rope and wire rope fastening ; iron, copper, brass and steel wire ; galvanized telegraph wire ; hard copper telephone wire ; bi-metallic wire, copper wire and cables for electrical purposes ; wire cables for cableways and tramways, bridges, and wire rope haulages ; "Roebling Royal Blue" all-steel wire rope ; "Blue Center" steel wire rope ; "Roeplastic" control cable ; "Blueclad" wire rope clip fittings ; aircord for airplanes ; yacht rigging rope and strand ; flat wire ; wire slings ; wire mesh ; wire lath ; wire netting ; wire cloth ; poultry fencing ; "Jersey" wallboard sealing strips and joint laths ; fireproof building construction ; welding products using electrodes and gas welding sticks ; construction of tramways, ski lifts and aerial wire rope systems ; oil field rope with "Blue Center" steel ; preformed sucker rods and tubing lines for oil industry ; oil drilling lines with fiber cores ; wrie for mining applications ; logging rope ; distribute "Kellems" wire rope grips ; "Outspinning the Spider: the Story of Wire and Wire Rope" ; "Transmission of Power By Wire Ropes" ; "Final Report on the Corrosion-Fatigue Failure of Aircraft Control Cables (N-101)" by National Defense Research Committee, 2-26-1945, declassified ; conceived and designed the Brooklyn Bridge ; 1893-1957 ; for a detailed history of the company see: Spanning the Industrial Age, by Clifford W. Zink (1992)
Includes
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description
148 pieces; 11 boxes
Place
Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Location
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic (Romaine term)
Architectural designs and building materials
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)
Brass; bronze and specialty metals
Bridges
Electrical apparatus and equipment
Engineering consultants and contractors
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)
Fences
Firefighting and fire engines
Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)
Hardware and hand tools
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )
Lumber; logging; timber and forestry
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)
Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies
Topic
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Airships
Architectural design
Architectural metal-work
Art metal-work
Balloons
Barrels
Boats and boating
Bottling
Brass
Bridge construction industry
Bronze
Building materials
Coal
Consulting engineers
Dairying
Electric apparatus and appliances
Engineers
Farm equipment
Fence industry
Fire fighting equipment industry
Forests and forestry
Fuel
Hardware
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_13542