The Foundation Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Foundation Company (The).
label: Names
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Names
content: Ohio Edison Company.
topic: label: Topic
content: Pumping machinery
label: Topic
content: Mine shafts
label: Topic
content: Lifting-jacks
label: Topic
content: Hydraulic engineering
label: Topic
content: Air locks (Chambers)
label: Topic
content: Subways
label: Topic
content: Roads -- Design and construction
label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Railroad bridges
label: Topic
content: Concrete construction
label: Topic
content: Dams
label: Topic
content: Derricks
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Design and construction
label: Topic
content: Caissons
label: Topic
content: Canals
label: Topic
content: Concrete
label: Topic
content: Turbines
label: Topic
content: Underwater tunnels
label: Topic
content: Waterways
label: Topic
content: Engineers
label: Topic
content: Engines
label: Topic
content: Tunnels
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) in 1966.
creator: label: Creator
content: Foundation Company (The).
setName: label: See more items in
content: The Foundation Company Records
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Foundation Company was a New York subaqueous concrete construction firm founded in 1902. It was created to pool the knowledge of engineers who specialized in the construction of bridge piers and building foundations. The compnay was a leader in the development of the pneumatic caisson method for the construction of foundations.  This method made possible the skyscrapers of New York City. Additonally, the company also worked on power houses/stations, shipyards, and docks.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Cubic feet (19 boxes, 28 map-folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1887-1969
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0974
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Contracts
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series. 

Series 1: Photographs, 1918-1969

Series 2: Drawings, 1887-1956

Series 3: Printed Materials, 1906-1960
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: These records include sketches, drawings, blueprints, contracts, and reports relating to highway and railroad bridges, tunnels, subways, mine shafts, canals and waterways, dams, concrete buildings, concrete construction, derricks and derrick barges, cranes, caissons and caisson construction, air locks, pumps, jacks, engines, and turbines; also photographs, photograph albums, and newspaper clippings concerning projects for office building and power plant foundations, docks, dry docks, and piers, and work for the Ohio Edison Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the Boston Common Underground Garage.