Date Range: 1800s-1900s
Variant Company Name: Est. 1840 ; Roebling, NJ ; Chicago, IL ; Philadelphia, PA ; Cleveland, OH ; Atlanta, GACompany Name: John A. Roebling's Sons Co.Related Companies: Roebling Construction Co. ; Woven Wire Fabrics Div. ; John A. Roebling's Sons Co. of California (San Francisco, CA ; Los Angeles, CA ; Seattle, WA ; Portland, OR) ; John A. Roebling's Sons Div., Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. ; Kellems Products Inc. ; John A. Roebling's Sons Co. of New York (New York, NY ; Boston, MA)
Place: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Topic (Romaine Term): Architectural designs and building materialsAviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)Brass; bronze and specialty metalsBridgesElectrical apparatus and equipmentEngineering consultants and contractorsFarm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)FencesFirefighting and fire enginesFuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)Hardware and hand toolsIndustrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )Lumber; logging; timber and forestryMaterials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)Mining machinery; equipment and suppliesRailroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and suppliesTelephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and suppliesTopic: "Decoration and ornament, Architectural"AeronauticsAirplanesAirshipsArchitectural designArchitectural metal-workArt metal-workBalloonsBarrelsBoats and boatingBottlingBrassBridge construction industryBronzeBuilding materialsCoalConsulting engineersDairyingElectric apparatus and appliancesEngineersFarm equipmentFence industryFire fighting equipment industryForests and forestryFuelHardware
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Location: Trade Literature at the American History Museum LibraryCollection: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
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Record Id: SILNMAHTL_13542
Type Of Material: Trade catalogsTrade literature
Notes Content: wire rope and wire rope fastening ; iron, copper, brass and steel wire ; galvanized telegraph wire ; hard copper telephone wire ; bi-metallic wire, copper wire and cables for electrical purposes ; wire cables for cableways and tramways, bridges, and wire rope haulages ; "Roebling Royal Blue" all-steel wire rope ; "Blue Center" steel wire rope ; "Roeplastic" control cable ; "Blueclad" wire rope clip fittings ; aircord for airplanes ; yacht rigging rope and strand ; flat wire ; wire slings ; wire mesh ; wire lath ; wire netting ; wire cloth ; poultry fencing ; "Jersey" wallboard sealing strips and joint laths ; fireproof building construction ; welding products using electrodes and gas welding sticks ; construction of tramways, ski lifts and aerial wire rope systems ; oil field rope with "Blue Center" steel ; preformed sucker rods and tubing lines for oil industry ; oil drilling lines with fiber cores ; wrie for mining applications ; logging rope ; distribute "Kellems" wire rope grips ; "Outspinning the Spider: the Story of Wire and Wire Rope" ; "Transmission of Power By Wire Ropes" ; "Final Report on the Corrosion-Fatigue Failure of Aircraft Control Cables (N-101)" by National Defense Research Committee, 2-26-1945, declassified ; conceived and designed the Brooklyn Bridge ; 1893-1957 ; for a detailed history of the company see: Spanning the Industrial Age, by Clifford W. Zink (1992)Includes: Trade catalog, price lists, manual and historiesBlack and white imagesColor imagesPhysical Description: 147 pieces; 10 boxes
Metadata Usage: CC0
Record Id: SILNMAHTL_13542