Trade catalogs from Roberts and Schaefer Co.

Date: 1900s

Variant Company Name: Established in 1903Company Name: Roberts and Schaefer Co.Related Companies: Elgin National Industries, Inc. ; Thompson-Starrett Co., Inc. ; Roberts & Schaefer Resource Service Inc.

Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Topic (Romaine Term): Engineering consultants and contractorsIndustrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)Mining machinery; equipment and suppliesRailroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and suppliesWaste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.)Topic: "Recycling (Waste, etc.)"BarrelsBottlingConsulting engineersEngineersIndustrial equipmentMachineryMining machinery industryRailroad equipment industryRefuse and refuse disposalRefuse disposal industryStreet-railroadsSubwaysWater -- Purification

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Record Id: SILNMAHTL_12759

Type Of Material: Trade catalogsTrade literature

Notes Content: engineers and contractors ; 1911-1932 ; material handling and processing facilities for the mining industry ; concrete "shell domes" and "barrel shell roofs" for permanent-large building construction and reinforced concrete buildings ; "Rands" traveling railroad coaling and cinder plant with ground storage equipment ; pit conveyors ; coal washing plants for coke production and domestic and railroad fuel ; "Menzies Hydro Separator" for separating and cleaning coarse and fine sizes of coal ; "The Preparation of Coal for Market" from the Dec. 1928 issue of "Coal Mining" ; "Rotary" car dumpers and other railroad car handling equipment ; coal mining plants ; coal tipples ; "R&S Company" ; metallics recovery systems for minicipal solid waste processing ;Includes: Trade catalogBlack and white imagesColor imagesPhysical Description: 34 pieces; 1 box

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Record Id: SILNMAHTL_12759

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