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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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  • Unidentified turbine water wheel and flume, catalog illustration

  • Runner

  • Montana Power Company

  • Arizona type special runners, Chittenden

  • 15' wicket case casting on flat car, Montana Power Company, Holter Development

  • Great Falls Power Company, Main Unit, assembly without cylinder on yew(?) base

  • Unidentified

  • Specialized facing machine

  • Hydro station during construction, gate hoists, top of intake

  • Merrill Paper Company, 30" special wheels, in shop

  • Concreting tunnel, arch, side walls

  • Georgia Power Company, view of case relief valve

  • Governor tested at Lancaster

  • Engineering drawing #367, plan of turbine, shaft, drive, and pulleys

  • Montana Power Company, plate steel

  • Journal article, Tallulah Falls power station

  • Buga Electrical Installation Company, scroll case turbine

  • Pair of horizontal turbines and steel case

  • Pair of horizontal turbines and draft chest, for Columbia River

  • Unidentified

  • Drawing of central vent water wheel at Boott Cotton Mills

  • Washington Mills, pair of 24' McCormick turbines and rope drive

  • Sheldon R. Bright

  • Bagnall and Hilles 21' special scroll case with governor

  • Engineering drawing, cross section of generator showing thrust bearing

  • Horizontal scroll case, Chicoutimi Water

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Spiral flume with worker standing in throat, shop floor

  • Penstock portals; penstock run

  • Northwest Paper Company powerhouse interior, turbine and generator

  • Unidentified

  • (?) Shop and forms (bad condition)

  • General plan water power development Lamoille River, Vermont Power and Manufacturing Company Fairfax Falls, Vermont

  • Engineering drawing, speed indicator

  • Unidentified

  • Product Photographs and Calculations

  • Elevation of powerhouse

  • S. Frahs Smith fireplace at Eltham

  • Erecting and boring mill shop view, faded

  • Vertical wicket gate turbine

  • Large S. Morgan Smith runner in shop

  • Shop view

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Southern Aluminum Company, view of bearing

  • Central Georgia Power Company, 42" Type K, pair of turbines in draft chest

  • Machine shop view

  • Deer River Power Company

  • Horizontal 44" type D, Black Canyon Mill and Power Company, Carbonear, Newfoundland

  • West end of erecting shop

  • Okara mining canal(?)

  • Great Falls Power Company, exciter, assembly

  • Atlanta substation, same as 210

  • Roanoke Rapids

  • Southern Aluminum Company, main bearing

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Transparencies of Posters

  • Connecticut River Power Company, broken runner

  • Concreting penstock tunnel

  • unidentified

  • S. Frahs Smith home, Eltham

  • General Electric (illegible) plant

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Erecting shop

  • Catalog illustration unidentified runner

  • Cylinder gate casting

  • Large spiral case turbine covered with workers

  • Foundry shop view, faded

  • Central Georgia Power

  • Unidentified wheel with gates, comparison of shape of chutes leading to buckets with Pelton wheel nozzle

  • Gate valve

  • Chattanooga and Tennessee Power Company, placing bands on test runner

  • Gate ring control yoke, Great Falls Power Company

  • Great Falls Power Company, exciter, assembly

  • Engineering drawing #355, section of turbine and flume installation (faded)

  • Catalog illustration of Humphrey turbine runner in section

  • Tennessee Power Company, horizontal 39" McCormick

  • Unidentified

  • Mark Wilder, angle view of scroll case setting in power house from gen(?) end

  • Horizontal case turbine, elbow, governor, and relief valve on shop floor

  • Cylinder gate turbine on draft tube

  • Two pair horizontal turbines and draft chests, Bend Water and Light

  • Runner case, original #620-B

  • Gate hoist, Hudson River in shop

  • Intake dam

  • Intake

  • S. Morgan Smith 4, Kaplan runner on shaft in shop, caption: "Construction of the Smith-Kaplan turbine," overall: 21¼ inches by 26½ inches

  • Roanoke Rapids

  • Unidentified

  • Unidentified

  • Atlanta substation switching frame

  • Worker standing next to large flume, catalog art

  • Spiral flume Francis turbine unit, shop floor scene, top view

  • Unidentified

  • Yadkin Power, pair turbines in steel flume

  • Cylinder gate

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