Berlin Construction Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Darnell, Victor C.
label: Creator
content: Berlin Iron Bridge Company (East Berlin, Conn.).
label: Creator
content: Berlin Construction Company (East Berlin, Conn.)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges
label: Topic
content: Building
label: Topic
content: Coal
label: Topic
content: Factories
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Gifts of Victor C. Darnell, 1981 and 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Darnell, Victor C.
label: Creator
content: Berlin Iron Bridge Company (East Berlin, Conn.).
label: Creator
content: Berlin Construction Company (East Berlin, Conn.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Berlin Construction Company Records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (1 box, 5 oversize folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1953
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center by Division of Work and Industry, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1032
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Blueprints and plans for facilities built by the company, including coal-handling bridges, coal unloading towers, dock trestles, and coal-handling plants and two photograph albums from the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, East Berlin, Connecticut. The images in one of the albums are mostly of factory scenes. The other album contains mostly images of bridges throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and elsewhere in New England. The collection also contains blueprints and plans for facilities built by the company, including coal-handling bridges, coal unloading towers, dock trestles, and coal-handling plants.