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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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  • 27" standard wheel, rack and pinion, and quarter box

  • Catalog illustration, Burnham's improved standard turbine

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, view of setting during erection

  • Unidentified

  • Runner case with worker, original #619-B

  • Shop scene, direct connected water wheel and generator

  • Large wicket gate, shop floor

  • Large casting on boring mill

  • McCormick turbines, runner, gate ring, etc. on flat car

  • Complete No. 2 Francis turbine unit on stand, shop floor

  • Catalog illustration of G.A. Houston's water wheel runner

  • Glass Plate Negatives

  • Unidentified

  • Bangor Water Works, vertical H.P. setting, turbine mounted on draft tube

  • Vertical wicket gate turbine

  • Switch house, elevation 955; switch house

  • Atlanta substation

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Southern Aluminum Company, assembly

  • Tallassee Power Co

  • Unidentified

  • Installation, drawing

  • Georgia Power Company, runner and shaft

  • Watertower

  • 12" reduced turbine, Thomas F. Nevins, governor and large pulleys

  • Harness, gears and shaft

  • Pair of turbines and raft chest, for Cleveland Cliff Iron Company

  • Vertical shaft wicket gate turbine with spiral case partially in place, control rods, worker standing in draft tube, shop floor

  • Falsework for concrete draft tubes in dam

  • Unidentified

  • Hydro station penstock portals

  • Unidentified factory, case on draft tube with controls

  • Unidentified

  • Mathis Dam

  • Unidentified

  • Greenfield Electric, lead gatekeeper manning

  • Unidentified

  • Engineering drawing #360, section and elevation of steel case turbine (faded)

  • Negative of tracing, no dimensions, drawing of Montana Power Company used

  • Mathis Power House

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Governor

  • Tallualh Falls power and switch house, looking up stream

  • S. Morgan Smith Company Governor, 20,000 foot tube

  • Beaver River Power Corp

  • 6' valves during construction, Southern Aluminum Company

  • Large gate ring on shop floor

  • East Canada Power, two pair of turbines in single case

  • Kimberly and Clark Company, Niagara Mills, plan of scroll, showing curve of sections on hay(?)

  • Catalog illustration, Jonval wheels

  • Waste gate

  • Product Photographs and Blueprints

  • Engineering drawing #242, elevation of turbine installation

  • Unidentified

  • Ellicott governor

  • Wesselhoeft and Wisner Engineers, Manizales Development, scroll case, relief valve and flywheel

  • Tallulah Falls power and switch house, looking down stream, river gorge

  • Boring mill at work, shop scene

  • Part of journal article on Tallulah Falls project

  • Unidentified

  • Power house excavation

  • Unidentified

  • Castings in erecting shop

  • S. Morgan Smith 10, Smith-Kaplan turbine in concrete flume with generator, overall: 32¼ inches by 22 inches

  • Catalog illustration, Van DeWater's Improved Jonval Turbine water wheel

  • Beaver River Power Corp., Beaver Falls, New York, 2 Units, 32 1/2", Type "G"

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, scroll case on large boring mill

  • Efficiency curves

  • Catalog illustration of unidentified runner

  • Unidentified

  • Pair of turbine with draft chest, shop floor, faded

  • Pair of scroll case turbines on stand, shop floor

  • Unidentified

  • E. Electric Coban, Livingston, Amsinck, and Company, horizontal in steel case with governor and generator drive pulley, retouched

  • Engineering drawing, scroll case turbine and exciter, Great Falls Power Company

  • Powerhouse substructure

  • Unidentified

  • Georgia Power Company, Photo of 1776-BB

  • Catalog illustration, Swain water wheel in section

  • Unidentified

  • Great Falls Power Company, exciter, assembly opposite inlet side, light conditions very good

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

  • Photo of tracing

  • Unidentified

  • Complete No. 2 Francis turbine unit mounted on stand, shop floor

  • Pair of steel case turbines in shop

  • Gibbs thrust bearing assembly

  • Unidentified

  • Drawing of sectioned water wheel

  • Hearts Delight Farm, three scroll cases in line, rear view

  • S. Morgan Smith governor, 2,000 lb vertical

  • Large wicket gate turbine on shop floor

  • Large gate ring with worker

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified wheel with patented shaft coupling, catalog illustration

  • Peoples(?) Power and Electric

  • Engineering drawing #354, elevation of turbines and power transfer

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