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S. Morgan Smith Company Records

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Creator
Allis-Chalmers
S. Morgan Smith Company
Names
Atlanta Water and Electric Power Company
Collector
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Place
Atlanta (Ga.)
York (Pa.)
Topic
Dams
Engines
Fire pumps
Generators and generating stations
Hydraulic engineering
Hydroelectric power plants
Power plants
Turbines
Water-power
Provenance
Donated to the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) in 1968 by the Allis-Chalmers Company.
Creator
Allis-Chalmers
S. Morgan Smith Company
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S. Morgan Smith Company Records
Summary
This collection documents the products and facilities of the S. Morgan Smith Company through photographs and trade literature.
Biographical / Historical
The S. Morgan Smith Company was an engineering company located in York, Pennsylvania. It was founded by S. Morgan Smith, who patented one of the first washing machines, in 1877. The company became notable for its high-powered water turbines and other hydraulic machinery. The S. Morgan Smith Company later became Allis-Chalmers.
Extent
23 Cubic feet (105 boxes; 4 map folders)
Date
1890-1914.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1099
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertisements
Catalogs
Photographs
Trade literature
Citation
S. Morgan Smith Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series Series 1: Company Records, 1877-1961 Series 2: Catalog Art, undated Series 3: Glass Plate Negatives,
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sally Johnson, intern, and Geoff Kelly, intern; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, 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
Advertisements
Catalogs
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 19th-20th century
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1890-1920
Trade literature
Scope and Contents
Archival materials, including photographs, advertising art, catalogs and other trade literature, documenting the equipment, facilities, personnel and products of the S. Morgan Smith Company, engineers and contractors. The subjects of the photographs include engines, fire pumps, generators, paper making machinery, turbines, the construction of a dam and hydroelectric station by the Atlanta Water and Electric Power Company, and the Mathis Dam near Atlanta.
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.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503511636019-1503511636021-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep834bcaf09-d452-4e04-abdd-10162af29786

In the Collection

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  • Ring on radial arm drill

  • 10,000 H.P. turbine for the Mississippi River Power Company

  • Catalog illustration, John Tyler water wheel

  • Adirondack Electric Power Company, pair of hoy(?) type R wheels on draft sheet in steel case

  • Gas fired oven

  • Unidentified

  • Appalachia Mills, turbine in case, governor, in shop

  • Unidentified

  • Buga Electrical Installation Company, scroll case turbine, drive end, generator side

  • Publications and Advertisements

  • Canadian Light and Power, pair of turbines

  • Connecticut Light

  • American Woolen Company

  • Southern Aluminum Company construction

  • Unit # 1 scroll case, power house

  • U.S Engineering Office, Harness work

  • Unidentified

  • Pair of turbines on draft chest, Lancaster Electric

  • Model of dam and powerhouse (Southern Aluminum Company?)

  • Unidentified

  • Horizontal wicket gate turbine

  • Unidentified

  • Hydroelectric generator installation

  • Hida Water Power company, 15" McCormick turbine in steel case

  • Greenfield Electric

  • Gate valve

  • Unidentified

  • Pair of New Success turbines on draft box

  • Pair of turbines in steel case

  • Gate ring

  • Gib cranes clearing construction site (Southern Aluminum Company?)

  • Step shoe

  • Page copied from water wheel catalog, Deloach

  • Society(?)of Establishing Useul Mtr(?)

  • Southern Aluminum Company, exciter

  • Woodburn Electric Company, turbine, governor and three pulleys, in shop

  • Mexican Light and Power Company

  • Dam with hydroelectric plant

  • Engineering drawing # 352, section of flume installation

  • Mounting collar with gate control arm

  • Meredith Linen Mills, pair of turbines in case

  • Drawing of cylinder gate turbine in wooden flume

  • Guide ring with worker in shop

  • J.P. Morris, Draft Jule(?) Article

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, radial drill working on inlet section of scroll

  • Unidentified engineering drawing

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, Hay(?) drill working on scroll

  • Switch house construction

  • Drawing, generator for Georgia Power Company, Tallulah Falls

  • Angell water wheel, catalog illustration

  • Dam construction

  • Rodney Hunt turbine, catalog illustration

  • Graph of the efficiency, power, and discharge of Smith wicket gate turbine with 100' head

  • Top plate, underside

  • Spiral case turbine and generators, Wachusett Dam, Clinton, Massachusetts, hydroelectric plant

  • Francis-type runner, interior

  • Wheel case with wicket gates and control, shop scene

  • Flash board hoists, Georgia Railway and Power Company, Tugaloo

  • Unidentified

  • Putnam Mills

  • Case with gate ring

  • Engineering drawing, elevation of turbines and line shafting for Samuel P. White

  • Engineering drawing #360, side section of draft tube (faded)

  • Engineering drawing, shafts

  • Pair of 42" horizontal Smith wicket in steel case, Roanoke Rapids Power Company

  • Unidentified

  • Pair of turbines with draft chest

  • Nephi City, scroll case turbine with gate valve

  • Lightning arrester and water tower near switch house

  • Unidentified

  • Tennessee Power Company, horizontal 39" McCormick

  • Bagnall and Hilles, turbines

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee, unit during erection

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Collar with hydraulic relief valve

  • Boiler shop

  • Single horizontal steel case turbine and elbow

  • Unidentified

  • Drawing of sectioned Swain turbine

  • Wicket gate turbine on draft tube

  • Spiral (scroll) case complete set up including governor, shop floor, negative broken

  • Style E single stem gate hoist

  • Wheel case, copied from Stout, Mills and Temple catalog

  • Hand operated grain mill

  • Bottom plate, main unit, Great Falls Power Company

  • Gate valve

  • Georgia Power Company, speed ring

  • Catalog illustration, Flenniken water wheel

  • Unidentified

  • Overhead view of scroll case turbine showing gate operating pistons and pressure regulator, for Georgia Power Company

  • Unidentified

  • Dam site rock excavation penstock runs

  • Chattanooga and Tennessee Power Company, curb ring and speed ring on railcar

  • Trade Literature

  • Engine lathe

  • Unidentified

  • Peoples(?) Power and Electric

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