aircraft and marine motors ; motor air-compressor for pneumatic hammers, drills, sprayers, sanders and painting machines ; 1908-1916 ; "The Motors That Never Backfire" ;
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Trade catalog and price lists
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Physical description:
8 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc. Search this
Roddis Plywood Corp. Inc. ; Roddis Plywood and Door Co., Inc. ; Weyerhaeuser Co. ; Search this
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doors and plywood panels for "Liberty Ships" ; "Characteristics Of Modern Woods" ; decorative paneling ; "Roddiscraft" ; prefabricated door units ; 1937-1954 ;Roddis manufactured the flush (flat slab) door ; During World War II it was making interior plywood and doors for the Liberty ships and aircraft plywood for the famous British Mosquito Bomber, a reconnaissance plane with a light frame made entirely of wood and equipped with a powerful Rolls Royce engine that enabled it to fly higher and faster than any German plane. Paraphrased from: http://www.marshfielddoors.com/Corporate/History/NewsArticles/NewsArticle1.htm
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Physical description:
21 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies) Search this
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) Search this
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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)
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Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
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Physical description:
147 pieces; 10 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials Search this
Distributors of steel, brass and copper, tools, industrial supplies, welding equipment, abrasives, pipe and fittings ; "In the 1920's... [Ducommun] supplied building materials for the aircraft industry--including tubing for Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. Today the Ducommun Metals and Supply Company is the oldest continuously operating business in Los Angeles." from "Los Angeles, A to Z," edited by Leonard and Dale Pitt(1997)
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Trade catalog and price lists
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Physical description:
5 pieces; 5 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products ) Search this