Object Details
- 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
- 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.
- 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 [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512552802-1503512552805-0
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