Object Details
Scope and Contents note
These records include sketches, drawings, blueprints, contracts, and reports relating to highway and railroad bridges, tunnels, subways, mine shafts, canals and waterways, dams, concrete buildings, concrete construction, derricks and derrick barges, cranes, caissons and caisson construction, air locks, pumps, jacks, engines, and turbines; also photographs, photograph albums, and newspaper clippings concerning projects for office building and power plant foundations, docks, dry docks, and piers, and work for the Ohio Edison Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the Boston Common Underground Garage.
sova.nmah.ac.0974
Creator
Foundation Company (The).
Names
Chase Manhattan Bank
Former owner
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Names
Ohio Edison Company.
Topic
Pumping machinery
Mine shafts
Lifting-jacks
Hydraulic engineering
Air locks (Chambers)
Subways
Roads -- Design and construction
Railroads
Railroad bridges
Concrete construction
Dams
Derricks
Bridges -- Design and construction
Caissons
Canals
Concrete
Turbines
Underwater tunnels
Waterways
Engineers
Engines
Tunnels
Provenance
Donated to the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) in 1966.
Creator
Foundation Company (The).
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The Foundation Company Records
Biographical/Historical note
The Foundation Company was a New York subaqueous concrete construction firm founded in 1902. It was created to pool the knowledge of engineers who specialized in the construction of bridge piers and building foundations. The compnay was a leader in the development of the pneumatic caisson method for the construction of foundations. This method made possible the skyscrapers of New York City. Additonally, the company also worked on power houses/stations, shipyards, and docks.
Extent
9 Cubic feet (19 boxes, 28 map-folders)
Date
1887-1969
Custodial History
Transferred from Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0974
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Photograph albums
Blueprints
Sketches
Reports
Contracts
Drawings
Citation
The Foundation Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series.
Series 1: Photographs, 1918-1969
Series 2: Drawings, 1887-1956
Series 3: Printed Materials, 1906-1960
Processing Information
This collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2023.
Rights
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.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 20th century
Photograph albums -- 20th century
Blueprints
Sketches
Reports
Contracts
Drawings
Restrictions
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.
NMAH.AC.0974
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Record ID
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