Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nordberg Manufacturing Company Collection
Nordberg Manufacturing Company
NMAH.AC.0975
Archival Resource Key
45 Cubic feet
58 boxes, 110 map-folders
1891-1947
English
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Historical
The Nordberg Manufacturing Company, founded in 1890 by Bruno V. Nordberg, manufactured steam engines (later diesel engines) and precision built heavy machinery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company later added Poppet valve steam engines, oil engines, railway track maintenance machinery, crushers, machinery for processing ore, mine hoists, blowing engines, condensers, steam pumping engines, and Corliss engines for every type of power service. Nordberg was a leading manufacturer of marine diesel engines and supplied engines for many of the American merchant marine ships.
In 1895, the company elected Jacob Friend as its first president. From 1912-1924, Bruno Nordberg served as president, and in 1924, Robert Friend, son of Jacob Friend, became president. The company purchased the Busch-Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Company of St. Louis in 1946, merging two of the largest diesel engine manufacturers.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into ten series.
Series 1: Background Materials, 1912-1957
Series 2: Catalogs/Bulletins, 1891-1972
Series 3: Sales/Order Materials, 1891-1971
Series 4: Advertising Materials, 1911-1955
Series 5: Operating Manuals and Instructions, 1917-1964
Series 6: Technical Memorandum, 1919-1969
Series 7: Turnwald Notebooks, 1928-1942
Series 8: Trade Literature, 1912-1974
Series 9, Photographs, undated
Series 10: Drawings, 1884-1979
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the company's photo and negative archives; miscellaneous trade publications; G. Turnwald notebooks; technical memoranda; trade literature; operating manuals; parts books; Nordberg company history; machinery proposals; order books; time records; Chain Belt Company catalogs; and blueprints used in the shops.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center, 2006.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Accruals
Additional collection materials donated in 1979 by Rexnord, Inc., through D. Taylor, president; in 1984 by Rexnord, Inc., through Richard R. Bains, manager, Communications and Training; and in 1995, drawings for the Lakeview Pumping Station in Chicago by Frank Bieberdick.
Related Materials at the National Museum of American History
Division of Work and Industry
The Division holds a photograph of the Nordberg diesel type oil engine at the Central Station Burro Mountain Copper Company Power House. Related artifacts include a builders plate and calipers. See Accession #: 1984.0243
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Trade Literature Collection
The libraries hold trade literature relating to Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Chain Belt Company, Rexnord, Inc.
Michigan Technological University, J.R. VanPelt and Opie Library
Nordberg Manufacturing Company Engineering Blueprints Collection, circa 1890-circa 1946
220.0 cubic ft.
Blueprints, circa 1890-circa 1946, of the Nordberg Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Includes blueprints of valve engines, pumps, hoists, compressors, and similar equipment, much of which was used by mining companies in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Wisconsin Historical Society Library and Archives
Nordberg Manufacturing Company photographs, circa 1910-1970s
182 photographs and 4.0. c.f. of negatives (10 archives boxes).
Photographs and negatives, circa 1910-1970s, related to the Nordberg Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Images include views of heavy machinery used in the manufacture of mine hoisting engines and aerial views of the manufacturing company. The collection also includes an album of photographs made in the manufacturing plant of the company of Corliss and Poppett valve steam engines.
Separated Materials
The Division of Work and Industry holds related Nordberg Manufacturing Company objects that include a builders plate and calipers. See Accession #1984.0243.
Preferred Citation
Nordberg Manufacturing Company Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2017.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Heavy machinery
Diesel engines
Notebooks
Steam-engines
Trade catalogs
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 19th-20th century
Marine engines
Milwaukee (Wis.)
Blueprints
Chain Belt Company
Nordberg, Bruno V.
Background Materials
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1912-1957
Over Half a Century of Progress
Archival Resource Key
1957
1
1
Nordberg History
Archival Resource Key
1954
1
2-4
A History of the Busch-Sulzer Company
Archival Resource Key
1912-1913
1
5
Catalogs/Bulletins
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1891-1972
Chain Belt Company
Archival Resource Key
1892
1
6
Chain Belt Company
Archival Resource Key
1897
1
7
Chain Belt Company
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1902
1
7
Chain Belt Company
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1903
1
8
Chain Belt Company
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1907
2
1
Chain Belt Company
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1911
2
2
Chain Belt Company
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1912-1915
2
3
Chain Belt Company
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1916
2
3
Chain Belt Company
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1914-1915
2
4
Chain Belt Company (Chabel Company)
Archival Resource Key
1915
2
5
Chain Belt Company
Archival Resource Key
1922
2
6
Busch-Sulzer Bros. Diesel Engine Company
Archival Resource Key
1927-1933
2
7
Link Belt Engineering Company
Archival Resource Key
1902
3
1
Morse Chain Company
Archival Resource Key
1923
3
2
Rex Chain Belt Company
Archival Resource Key
1919
3
3
Rex Chain Belt Company
Archival Resource Key
1967
3
3
Nordberg Compressors
Archival Resource Key
1934
3
4
Nordberg Compressors
Archival Resource Key
1972
3
4
Nordberg Patent Automatic Cut-Off Governor (instructions)
Archival Resource Key
undated
3
5
Nordberg Corliss Engine
Archival Resource Key
undated
3
6
Nordberg early machinery, Volume 1
Archival Resource Key
1891-1907
3
7
Nordberg early machinery, Volume 2
Archival Resource Key
1894-1911
4
1
Nordberg Bulletins, Volume 3
Archival Resource Key
1912-1945
4
2
Nordberg Bulletins, Volume 4, Numbers 20-49
Archival Resource Key
1912-1931
5
1
Nordberg Bulletins, Volume 5, Numbers 50-96
Archival Resource Key
1932-1940
5
2
Nordberg Bulletins (special machinery)
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1923-1945
6
1
Sales/Order Materials
Series 3
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1891-10-01-1971
Scope and Contents
The order information (#1-20,000) consists of documents (previously trifolded) detailing orders for engines by compnaies and organizations. The materials are arranged roughly by order number and include specifications, dimensions, type of engine, and date ordered.
Order Books
Archival Resource Key
1891-10-01-1945-12-17
Chain Belt Company
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1891-10-01-1892-12
6
2
Nordberg
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1898-1900
6
3
Nordberg Orders (#8491-12553)
Archival Resource Key
1898-1900
6
4
Nordberg Orders
Archival Resource Key
1901-03-27-1945-12-17
6
5
Time Record
Archival Resource Key
1900-03-1903
7
1
Order Numbers (1-10000)
Archival Resource Key
1895-1897
7
2
Order Numbers (10000-14000)
Archival Resource Key
1899-1902
7
3
Order Numbers (14000-15500)
Archival Resource Key
1900
7
4
Order Numbers (15500-17000)
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8
1
Order Numbers (17000-18000)
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8
2
Order Numbers (18000-18700)
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8
3
Order Numbers (18700-19500)
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8
4
Order Numbers (19500-20000)
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8
5
Company data book (includes operational procedures)
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
9
1
Sales book
Archival Resource Key
1906-1913
9
2
Prices
Archival Resource Key
1962-1971
9
3
Testimonials about Nordberg equipment
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1926-1927
9
4
Testimonials about Nordberg equipment
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1934-1937
10
1
Advertising
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1911-1955
Scope and Contents
This series consists of bound volumes of advertisements, newspaper clippings, articles, and publicity photographs about Nordberg Manufacturing. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Scrapbook of R.W. Bayerlein
Archival Resource Key
1926-1948
52
1
Advertisements
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
15
1
Advertisements
Archival Resource Key
1948-1955
15
2
Advertisements
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
15
3
Nordberg Publication Advertising
Archival Resource Key
1911-1923
53
1
Nordberg Publication Advertising
Archival Resource Key
1924-1926
54
1
Nordberg Publication Advertising
Archival Resource Key
1927-1929
55
1
Nordberg Publication Advertising
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1930-1932
56
1
Nordberg Publication Advertising
Archival Resource Key
1923-1943
57
1
Operating Manuals/Instructions
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1917-1964
Diesel and Oil Engineering Handbook
Archival Resource Key
1924
10
2
Nordberg Diesel Engine TS-17
Archival Resource Key
[1930s]
10
3
Nordberg SCV Air Compressor
Archival Resource Key
1938
10
4
Nordberg-Todd Uniflow Engine
Archival Resource Key
1926
10
5
Nordberg Two Cycle Diesel Engines
Archival Resource Key
1925
10
6
Nordberg Uniflow Engines
Archival Resource Key
1925
10
7
Operating and Maintaining Nordberg Marine Diesel Engines
Archival Resource Key
1944
10
8
Two Cycle Mechanical Injection Diesel Engine, Type TS
Archival Resource Key
1937
10
9
Two Cycle Air Injection Diesel Engines Type TA
Archival Resource Key
1939
10
10
CAM setting instructions for Skinner Marine uniflow steam engine
Archival Resource Key
1942
11
1
Uniflow engine
Archival Resource Key
1935
11
2
Nordberg Diesel engine (parts list)
Archival Resource Key
1937
11
3
Nordberg Power Chief Diesel Engine
Archival Resource Key
[1958?]
11
4
Nordberg Diesel Engine (parts list)
Archival Resource Key
1946
11
5
Nordberg 4-Cycle V-Type Diesel Engine
Archival Resource Key
1959
11
6
Installation and Service Manual
Archival Resource Key
1953-1964
11
7
Installation and Service Manual
Archival Resource Key
1953-1954
12
1-2
Section drawing of rotary diesel engine
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
3
Expansion engine test
Archival Resource Key
1935
12
4
Specifications, data and prices for 9 x 11 1/2" diesel engines
Archival Resource Key
1947
12
5
Compressor engineering data
Archival Resource Key
undated
12
6
Gas compressor data, carbide and carbon chemicals
Archival Resource Key
1935
12
7
Gear drive schematic drawings
Archival Resource Key
1917-1929
12
8
Photomicrographic study of sulfide effect on cylinders liners
Archival Resource Key
1960
12
9
Technical Memoranda
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
1919-1969
SC vertical compressor
Archival Resource Key
1947
13
1
Steam engine compressors
Archival Resource Key
1930-1950
13
2
Triple expansion engine, critical speed balance
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1930-1933
13
3
Valve spring compressors, piston rings springs
Archival Resource Key
1960-1969
13
4
Technical Memorandum, #4-#18
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1929-1931
13
5
Technical Memorandum, #36-#79
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1930-1937
13
6
Technical Memorandum, #73-#313
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1937-1942
13
7
Technical Memorandum, #317-#426
Archival Resource Key
1944-1947
13
8
Miscellaneous drawings
Archival Resource Key
1919-1931
14
1
Turnwald Notebooks
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1928-06-1942-05
Scope and Contents
Wolfgang Turnwald, a German mechanical engineer, was hired by Nordberg Manufacturing Company to refine the design of the uni-flow steam engine. The notebooks contain documentaion about experiments and other tests.
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 1
Archival Resource Key
1928-06
14
2
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 2
Archival Resource Key
1929-01
14
3
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 3
Archival Resource Key
1930-10-21
14
4
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 5
Archival Resource Key
1934-08
14
5
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 6
Archival Resource Key
1937
14
6
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 7
Archival Resource Key
1939-11
14
7
W. Turnwald notebook, volume 8
Archival Resource Key
1942-05
14
8
Trade Literature
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
1912-1974
2 cycle stationary diesel engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
1
4 cycle stationary diesel engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
2
Other machinery
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
3
General diesel information
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
4
Other diesel installations
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
5
Marine diesel installations
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
6-7
Diesel locomotives
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
8
General diesel information
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
9
Municipal installations
Archival Resource Key
undated
16
10
Municipal power plants
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
1
Nordberg stern wheel/marine engine, poppet valve compound
Archival Resource Key
1929
17
2
Nordberg-Turnwald, compressors
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
3
Nordberg gas engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
4
Nordberg radial engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
5
Nordberg diesel engines
Archival Resource Key
1950s
17
6
Nordberg-Todd uniflow engine
Archival Resource Key
1921
17
7
Nordberg miscellaneous trade literature
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
1
Nordberg Manufacturing Bulletins
Archival Resource Key
1912-1930
18
2
Nordberg Uniflow engine
Archival Resource Key
1928-1938
18
3
Nordberg engines
Archival Resource Key
1955-1960
18
4
Nordberg Corliss Engine
Archival Resource Key
1912-1916
19
1
Nordberg compressor
Archival Resource Key
1914-1974
19
2
Nordberg steam engines
Archival Resource Key
1914-1959
19
3
Hayes Pump and Machinery Company
Archival Resource Key
undated
19
4
Woodward Governor Company
Archival Resource Key
undated
19
5
Articles
Archival Resource Key
1926-1932
19
6
Articles
Archival Resource Key
1934-1943
19
7
Photographs
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
undated
Scope and Contents
This series contain approximately 26,000 primarily black-and-white prints arranged into groups, #1-#75. Not all groups are represented. Missing are groups #5, #6, #25, #26, #30, #40, #43, #50, #57, and #59. Each grouping defines a specific type of equipment produced by Nordberg. For example, Group #13 contains photographs for compressors and Group #45 contains soak wheels. While most of the photographs are undated, there are images from the early 1940s.
The photographs are primarily images of engines and other equipment manufactured by Nordberg, but also included are exterior views of plant buildings, shop floor views, employees working and/or operating equipment, and vessels such as the USS Electra and USS Bellatrix. Images of women working in the factory, the Red Cross blood donors, and the men's basball and women's softball teams can be found in Group #47.
An index, arranged numerically, provides identifying information. Many of the photographs have a number on the front (lower right) and reverse of the photograph (at the top and in pencil).
The photographs were taken by Kuhli Photo Service of Milwaukee and Jos. Brown, scenic and commercial photographer of Milwaukee, for Nordberg Manufacturing Company.
Photographs
9.1
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undated
Indices for prints and glass plate negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
20
1
Numerical index
Archival Resource Key
undated
20
2
Index by group number
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undated
20
3-5
Prints and negatives made from decomposing negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
20
6
Group 1, engines, simple Corliss
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
1
Group 2, engines, tandem and compound Corliss
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
2
Group 3, engines, cross compound Corliss
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
3
Group 4, engines, twin, triple and special
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
4
Group 7, engines, poppet valve
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
5
Group 8, engines uniflow
Archival Resource Key
undated
22
1-3
Group 9, engines, rocking valve and slide valve
Archival Resource Key
undated
22
4
Group 10, engines, cylinder valve, gear and governors, poppet valve and Corliss valves
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
1
Group 11, engine frames
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
2
Group 12, engines, miscellaneous parts
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
3
Group 13, compressors, single stage and steam
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
4
Group 15, compressors, two stage and steam
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
5
Group 14, compressors, two stage and steam
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
1
Group 15, compressors, three stage and steam
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
2
Group 16, compressors, power driven
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
3
Group 17, compressors, gas
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
4=5
Group 18, compressors, vacuum
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
1
Group 19, compressors, self-contained
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
1
Group 20, compressors, cylinders, valve, gears and governors
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
2
Group 21, compressors, miscellaneous parts
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
3
Group 22, blowing engines, steam driven
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
4
Group 23, blowing engines, power driven
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
5
Group 27, pumping engines, cross compound
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
6
Group 28, pumping engines, triple and quadruple
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
1
Group 29, pumping engines, variable capacity
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
2
Group 31, pumping engines, miscellaneous parts
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
3
Group 32, hoisting engines, motor driven
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
4-5
Group 32, hoisting engines, motor driven
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
1
Group 33, hoisting engines, geared
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undated
27
2
Group 34, hoisting engines, direct acting with clutches
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undated
27
3
Group 35, hoisting engines, direct acting without clutches
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undated
27
4
Group 36, hoisting engines, cylinders, valve gears and governors
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
5
Group 37, hoisting engines, miscellaneous parts
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
1-2
Group 38, condensers, independent jet
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
3
Group 39, condensers, attached jet
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
3
Group 41, condenser, counter current
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undated
28
4
Group 42, condensers, surface
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undated
28
4
Group 44, steam stamps
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undated
28
5
Group 45, soak wheels
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undated
28
5
Group 46, concentrators
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undated
28
6
Group 47, miscellaneous
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undated
29
1-3
Group 47, miscellaneous
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undated
30
1-3
Group 47, miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
1-4
Group 47, miscellaneous
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undated
32
1
Group 48, shop prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
2-4
Group 49, photos of drawings
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
1
Group 52, oil engines, carrels, and other makes
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
2-5
Group 52, oil engines, carrels, and other makes
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
1-4
Group 52, oil engines, carrels, and other makes
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
1-2
Group 53, marine steam engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
3
Group 54, track machines
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
4
Group 55, Nordberg butler shovels
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
1
Group 56, marine diesels
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
2-4
Group 58, power jack
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
1
Group 60, crushers, cone
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
2-5
Group 61, rail drill
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
1
Group 62, spike puller
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
1
Group 63, rail grinder
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
1
Group 64, screen feeder, grizzly
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
2-4
Group 66, crushers, jaw and impact
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
5
Group 71, radial gas engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
1
Group 72, spike hammer
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
2
Group 74, small four cycle diesels
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
3-4
Group 74, small four cycle diesels
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
1-2
Group 75, gyratory crushers
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
3
Prints (numbered)
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
4
Prints (unnumbered)
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
5
Unmounted, retouched photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
42
1
Nordberg pumping engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
42
2
Engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
42
3-4
Engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
43
1
Track machinery
Archival Resource Key
undated
43
2
Symons cone crushers
Archival Resource Key
undated
43
3-4
Symons disc crushers
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
1
Symons jaw crushers
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
2
Symons miscellaneous equipment
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
3
Miscellaneous
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undated
44
4
Slides, unidentified
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
5
Diesel engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
6
Diesel engine bases, cylinder supports and beds
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
7
Busch-Sulzer diesel engine installations
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
8
Diesel engine valves, rocker arms, pushrods
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
9
Diesel engine cranks, pistoons and connecting rods
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
10
Diesel engine cylinder heads
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
11
Nordberg diesel installations
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
12
Miscellaneous diesel components
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
13
Cross section drawings of Busch-Sulzer diesel engines
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
14
Diesel engine cylinder blocks
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
15
Machining operations
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
1
Spinning frame, Chemstrand Corp.
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undated
45
2
N.O.L. wind tunnel nozzle
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undated
45
3
Corps. of Engineers, Ft. Randall Intake Gates
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undated
45
4
Wood hydraulic machinery
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undated
45
5
Press #12, Danly Job 925
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undated
45
6
#232
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undated
45
7
#254
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undated
45
8
#276
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undated
45
9
#277-#285
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undated
45
10
#286
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undated
45
11
#306
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undated
45
12
#315
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undated
45
13
#316
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undated
45
14
#318
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undated
45
15
#321-322
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undated
45
16
#323
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undated
45
17
#330
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undated
45
18
#331
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undated
45
19
#332
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undated
45
20
#336
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undated
45
21
#343
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undated
45
22
#352
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undated
45
23
#370
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undated
45
24
#399
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undated
45
25
13"
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undated
45
26
FSG-9"-SC
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undated
45
27
Diesel engine prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
1-3
Copy prints (duplicates)
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undated
47
1-4
Copy prints of equipment and interior factory scenes
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58
1
Scope and Contents
Prints made in 1979.
Copy prints of equipment and interior factory scenes
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58
2
Glass plate negatives
9.2
Archival Resource Key
29 Glass negatives
undated
48
Scope and Contents
The glass plate negatives (8" x 10" consist of images of hydraulic presses manufactured by Charles F. Elmes Company of Chicago, Illinois.
Film Negatives
9.3
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94 Negatives (photographic)
undated
49
50
51
Lantern Slides
9.4
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Scope and Contents
The lantern slides depict diesel engines, Busch-Sulzer works, Nordberg engines, assembly shops, and installations. Some of the lantern slides are numbered and captioned, and several are broken. The slides were distributed by A.S. Aloe Company and Parker Bros. Optical Company of St. Louis.
Drawings
Series 10
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1884-1979
Scope and Contents
This series consists of blueprints for various Nordberg engines and other equipment purchased by other companies. The drawings are arranged in numerical order, presumably by job number and are referred to as "bunches." The bunches of drawings relate to specific companies and installations of Nordberg equipment. For example, job 21178 is for a blowing engine for the Baltimore and Ohio Company, and job 32148, a hoist for the U.S. Treasury Department.
The drawings range in size from 10" x 24" to 32" x 72" or larger. Some drawings are folded.
519, Milwaukee Waukesha Brewing Company/P.V. engine
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1257, Beebe Manufacturing Company/Poppet valve engine
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9332, 17335, Bradley Company for Royal Gas Company, McDonald, Pennsylvania/cross compound condenser
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9434, Highland Boy G. Manufacturing Company, Salt Lake City, Utah/blow engine
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10578-11892-12432-12461, hoist
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12032, Tracy Engine Company, San Francisco, California/standard full stroke Corliss
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13229, New York Glucose Company/Corliss full stroke
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14225, W.A. Clark/hoist
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16671, pumps
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16672, Mathieson Alkai Company/pumps
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16674, Mathieson Alkai Works/air pump and Corliss
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16967, Tracy Engineering Company/Corliss full stroke
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17299, Tracy Engineering Company/Corliss full stroke
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17609, Tracy Engineering Company/Corliss
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17795, hoists
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18110, McDonough Manufacturing Company/Corliss
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19060, Dr. Miles Medical Company/F.S. valve gear
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19615, Canadian Cop Company/blowing engine
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20264-20307, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company/hoist
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20716, Morgan Company/Corliss
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20990, Baltimore and Ohio Company
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21178, Canadian Copper Company/blower engine
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21550, Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
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22243, Mond Nickel Company/blower engine
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23821, Power and Mining Machine Company/air blowing engine
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23846, Alaska Gold Mining Company/compressor
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23874, Comp. Met Company
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23938, Michigan Alkali Company/air cylinder
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24290, Republic Iron and Steel/hoist
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26067, Alaska Treadwell Mining Company
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27093, Tandem General Chemical Company
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27823-27828, City of Chicago/three vertical pumping engines
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28980, C.V. Nordberg/reel hoist
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29235, Quincy Mining Company/hoist
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29235, Quincy Mining Company/hoist
29237, Quincy Mining Company/condenser for hoist
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29308, Alaska Treadwell Mining Company/drum hoist
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29405, Fraser and Chalmers/single drum hoist
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29733, Sterling Salt, steam hoist
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29737-29739, Whittaker Glessner Company/Todd uniflow engine
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29989, Imperial Furniture Company/Corliss
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30076, Doplex and Carter White Lead Company/P.V. uniflow
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30080, Alexander and Baldwin/left hand Corliss engine
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30123, Calmuet and Arizona/double drum hoist
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30326, Highland Iron and Steel Company/Nordberg Todd uniflow engine
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30333, Catton Neill Company/heavy duty Corliss engine
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30369, Atmospheric Nitrogen Corporation/horizontal and vertical engine compressor
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30369, Air Nitrogen Corporation/horizontal and vertical engine
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30424, Republic Iron and Steel Company/uniflow engine
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30442, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company/air compressor
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30449, W.A. Ramsey
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30471, Teck Hughes Company/single cycle drum hoist
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30482, Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
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30530, The Panama Canal/diesel engine
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30530, The Panama Canal/Nordberg diesel engine
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30544, Bunte Brothers/poppet valve
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30646-30648, Atmospheric Nitrogen Corporation
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30678, Onodago Pottery Company/Nordberg P.V. uniflow engine
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30702, Dubuque Boat and Boiler Company
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30797, City of Marshall/N.T. uniflow engine
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30810, Dubuque Boat and Boiler Company/tow boat marine engine
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30813, Fibre conduit/uniflow engine
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30842, DuPont de Nemours and Company/expansion engine
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30857, Atmospheric Corporation, liquid level control
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30862, Newport Company/stage steam driver and air compressor
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30873, W.A. Ramsey/Corliss engine
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30912,30933,30948, Atmospheric Nitrogen Corporation
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30913, Ward Engineering Works/vertical triple expansion marine engine
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30918, American Factors/P.V. engine
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30926, Chesapeake paperboard/N.T. uniflow engine
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30949-30950, Minnesota Steel and Machine Company/cross compound Corliss
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30966, Teck Hughes/double drum hoist
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30979, Quincy Mining Company/hoist
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30985, American Smelting and Refining Company/blowing cylinders
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30994, Texas Louis Power Company/diesel engine
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31010, Prairie du Chien/Nordberg uniflow engine
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31020, City of Watertown/duplex uniflow engine
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31092, NF diesel stock
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31129-31130, Teck Hughes/double drum underground air hoist
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31144, The Dravo Contracting Company
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31167, Dravo Contracting Company/towboat engine
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31184, Twin tandem towboat engines
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31204, Alaska Juneau Company/marine engine
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31215, Marietta Manufacturing Company/marine engine
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31577, Calumet and Hecla
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32020, Panama Canal
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32020, Panama Canal
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32053, Skinner Engineering/vertical marine engine
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32148, U.S. Treasury Department/hoist
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32148, U.S. Treasury Department/hoist
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55604, Woodward governor and drive for engine
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53666, Overspeed governor for 31600
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1037-0516, Navy "V" Engine
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1037-0516, Navy "V" Engine
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1537-5010, Navy "V" Engine, 1 Cycle
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2013-0054, E basco 1-TS-188
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2130-0787, record hoist
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2230-4853, Republic Steel Company
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2230-485, Republic Steel Company
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2807-8839, Dowell Inc./double acting H.P. triplex pump
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2810-0728, Nordberg model hoist
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6992-29605, Tamarack Mining Company/hoist
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9020-0627, Nordberg test engine
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Erect shop
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Menomonee Pumping Engine
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Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company/poppet valve engine
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Metropolitan Water Sewage Board of Boston/Allis Chalmers Pumping engine
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Tamarack Mining Company
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City of Bryan
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1932
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M.A. Hanna Co. Agents
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1954
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Cylinder details
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Quincy Mine Hoist
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1979
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Lakeview Pumping Station, Chicago/Nordberg pumping engine
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Butte Electric Light
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