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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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  • S.W. Guinle 35" head

  • Dam construction work

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, radial drill working on center of scroll case

  • Incline railway

  • 110% grade-penstock runs; penstock runs

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Style L gate hoist

  • Kimberly Clark, Niagara Mills, south runner standing vertical

  • Chattanooga and Tennessee Power Company, view of governor

  • Large gate ring on radial arm drill

  • Porcupine Power Company, steel case

  • Montana Power company, Great Falls, Montana, pair on draft chest

  • Greenfield Electric

  • S. Morgan Smith Company office

  • Saw mill

  • Unidentified

  • Engine lathe

  • Scroll case turbine for Utah Light, on blocks in shop

  • Horizontal scroll case turbine, Roosevelt Power Company, Salt River Project, Arizona

  • Mathis Dam

  • Horizontal Type D, Georgia Power Company

  • Unidentified

  • Two pair of wheels on draft chests

  • Water tower and flume

  • Drawing of central vent water wheel at Boott Cotton Mills

  • Unidentified

  • Vertical scroll case turbine for Northern Canada Power Company, Ltd., Wawaith Station, in shop

  • Unidentified

  • Hydraulic valve

  • S. Morgan Smith 9, Wicket gate turbine in concrete flume with generator, overall: 19½ inches by 15 inches

  • Great Falls, shaft with two runners

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, half scroll on large plower

  • Upper section penstock

  • Peoples(?) Power and Electric

  • Bagnall and Hilles 21' special scroll case with governor

  • Engineering drawing, spiral case turbine and generator for Heart's Delight, New York

  • Horizontal section of improved Eureka water wheel, catalog illustration

  • Mitchell data sheet, three-halves power

  • Unidentified

  • Intake and intake dam

  • Confrontation of Renfrew, reverse side

  • Large runner on shaft, interior of runner, original #626-B

  • Unidentified

  • Steam shovel excavating hydro-electric site

  • Dash pot and hand speed control, engineering drawing

  • Guide ring on boring mill, worker inside

  • Construction site steam shovel loading flat cars (Southern Aluminum Company?)

  • Intake dam

  • Turbine, case, governor and generator pulley

  • S. Morgan Smith hydroelectric generator

  • Smitherman Power Company, pair of wheels in steel case, retouched

  • S. Morgan Smith 3, Kaplan runner on blocks steadied by hoist, overall: 20¼ inches by 29½ inches

  • Atlanta sub station

  • Small horizontal turbine with governor, pulley to drive generator by belt

  • Unidentified

  • Wheel case, shop floor

  • Montana Power Company, latimer(?) for main unit

  • Great Falls, speed ring and bottom plate

  • Bethlehem Steel Company

  • Vertical wicket gate turbine

  • Unidentified

  • Scott and Williams Type S

  • Southern Aluminum Company, pair of runners on shaft

  • Correspondence regarding 51" wheel, Sanitary District of Chicago

  • Boring mill shop view, faded

  • Unidentified

  • Engineering drawing #367, end elevation of turbine, shafting, and elbow

  • Great Falls Power Company, Exciter Unit, runner on shelf, 2 views

  • Tunnel intake, 1913; Switch house penstock run

  • BMG yokes and beams (harness work), Richardson Silk Company

  • McCormick runner

  • New 4-times plate

  • Tunnel intake

  • Unidentified

  • Catalog illustration, S. Morgan Smith water wheel

  • Metropolitan Water Works

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Chicoutimi Pulp Company, factory interior

  • Shop view, gantry

  • Powriver(?) Center

  • Scroll case with hydraulic damper, Dakota Power Company

  • Ad for lecture on Georgia Power Company Tallulah Falls project

  • Unidentified

  • Intake dam

  • Unidentified

  • Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company, power house construction

  • Unidentified

  • January snow at Tallulah dam site

  • Engineering drawing #305, plan of powerhouse

  • Unidentified

  • Engineering drawing, section through power house, Great Falls Power Company

  • Large gate valve with pair of turbines

  • S. Morgan Smith 15, Turbine in concrete flume, governor, generator, and gate hoist, overall: 32 inches by 24½ inches

  • Cylinder gate

  • Atlanta sub station

  • Unidentified

  • Hurricane Falls, Tempesta Falls

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