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[Trade catalogs from Lobdell United Co.]

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Company Name

Lobdell United Co.

Related companies

Lobdell Car Wheel Co. ; Lobdell Co. ; Lobdell United Co., Nazel Hammer Div. ; Nazel Engineering & Machine Works ; Lobdell United Co., a subsidiary of United Engineering & Foundry Co.

Date

1900s

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_27333

Type of material

Trade catalogs
Trade literature

Notes content

Contains uncataloged material for the Nazel Engineering & Machine Works and the United Engineering & Foundry Co. Includes photographs of hydraulic face and knife grinders and hydraulic knife grinders marked "Bridgeport" , a vertical spindle grinder marked "The Bridgeport Safety Emery Wheel Co., Inc." , and an unmarked machine titled "Model #75, End View of ways and cylinder" ; steel wheels for street cars , interurban cars , and passenger and freight cars ; roll grinding machine ; "Nazel" hammers ; "Nazel" "air-actuated forging hammers" ; "Faught Closed Hub Self-Oiling Wheels" ; "Lobdell Tight and Loose Wheel Roller Bearing Equipment" ; car wheels for mine and industrial railways ; "Chilled Iron Rolls: A Brief Treatise on their manufacture, care and reconditioning" ; "Lobdell-Nazel" hammers ; "Lobdell-Nazel" forging hammers ; "Lobdell Products for the Paper and Allied Industries" including roll calipers , machine calender stacks , etc. ; "Parts Index Instructions for Erecting and Operating Type B Lobdell Nazel Forging Hammers" ; a blueprint for Nazel Engineering and Machine Works "No. 2 B-Hammer Foundation" ; "Nazel" air hammers ; "Dill" slotter , originally manufactured by the T. C. Dill Machine Co., Inc. ; "The Bridgeport Line Grinding Machinery: hydraulic face and knife grinders" ; "The Bridgeport 'Abrasaw' " abrasive cut-off machines ; "Lobdell United" electropneumatic forging hammer ; "How You, Too, Can Become a Nazel Hammer Salesman" ; "How to Sell Nazel Hammers in One Easy Lesson" ; "No. 85 Bridgeport Knife & Face Grinder Specifications" ; "No. 75 Bridgeport Knife & Face Grinder Specifications" ; "No. 95 Face Grinder Specifications" ; other equipment .

Includes

Trade catalog, price lists, manual and photographs
Black and white images

Physical description

102 pieces; 1 box

Place

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Location

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic (Romaine term)

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
Printing; publishing; paper and bookselling (including type specimens)
Foundries; supplies and equipment
Mills and milling supplies
Machine tools and metalworking equipment

Topic

Book industries and trade
Foundries
Machine-tools
Metal-working machinery
Milling machinery
Mining machinery industry
Printing machinery and supplies
Publishers and publishing
Railroad equipment industry
Street-railroads
Subways

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_27333
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