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Company Name:
R. D. Wood & Co.  Search this
Related companies:
R.D. Wood Co. ; R. D. Wood & Co ; Florence Pipe Foundry & Machine Co. (Florence, NJ)  Search this
Notes content:
Two records OVERSIZE. Water and gas works appliances : pipes, valves, mechanical joints; fire hydrants, turbines, gas holders, lamp posts; centrifugal pumping machinery, gas producers and producer gas power plants; hydraulic tools and machinery, cranes, presses for metal and plastics. "St. Louis Exposition Edition: Gas For Power and Fuel" ; "Mathews" hydrants ; "Reduced" fittings ; suction gas power plants ; "Sand Spun" pipe ; centrifugal pumps ; rolled steel steam plates ; hydraulic valves ; "Mond" gas ; hydraulic machine tools ; "Taylor" gas producers ; hydraulic presses ; platen presses ; "Ovalseal" mechanical joints for sandspun cast iron pipe ; other equipment...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
110 pieces; 3 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date range:
1900s-2000s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Fairs and exhibitions  Search this
Firefighting and fire engines  Search this
Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Plumbing supplies and fixtures  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.)  Search this
Water wheels; water motors and waterpower equipment  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
"Recycling (Waste, etc.)"  Search this
Air-compressors  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Coal  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Engines  Search this
Fairs  Search this
Fire fighting equipment industry  Search this
Fuel  Search this
Hydraulic engineering  Search this
Hydraulic machinery  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Motors  Search this
Petroleum  Search this
Plumbing equipment industry  Search this
Plumbing fixtures  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Refuse and refuse disposal  Search this
Refuse disposal industry  Search this
Trade shows  Search this
Water -- Purification  Search this
Water-power  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_9566
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_9566