Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records
name: label: Sponsor
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Pittsburgh (Pa.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
label: Topic
content: Internal combustion engines
label: Topic
content: Machine-tools
label: Topic
content: Steam-turbines
creator: label: Sponsor
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
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content: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Records of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company from 1881 to 1950, including photograph, catalogs, and blueprints.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 99.3 Cubic feet (123 boxes, 17 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1881-1950
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0977
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is unarranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1880-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These records of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contain photographs of gas engines, steam turbines, machine tools, foundry and manufacturing methods, and automobile engines, 1896-1921; instruction books, bulletins, and catalogs, 1889-1950; engine lists for compound, junior compound, and standard engines, 1881-1913; blueprints, specifications, shop orders, and correspondence; record books for Corliss engines, turbines, pumps, 1900-1910; and drawings of Otto gas engines, 1900-1906, and Westinghouse pumps and engines, 1883-1921.