Erie City Iron Works Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Erie City Iron Works.
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: Boilers
label: Topic
content: Engines
label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Source of acquisition unknown. Collected by the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, now known as the Division of Work and Industry.
creator: label: Creator
content: Erie City Iron Works.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Erie City Iron Works Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents a company founded in the 1840s in Erie, Pennsylvania as Presque Isle Foundry.  It changed its name to Erie City Iron Works in 1851. Erie City iron Works made engines (stationary, portable and agricultural), boilers, and circular saw mills. The documents include products through catalogs, trade literature, photographs, blueprints and drawings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Erie City Iron Works was founded in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1840 as Presque Isle Foundry. It changed its name to Erie City Iron Works in 1851. Over its history, it experienced several name changes: Zurn Industries' Energy Division, Aalborg Industries, and Erie Power Technologies, Inc. Today, the parent company, CMI Belgium, is a global supplier of steam-generating products and services to the power industry and general industrial steam market.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1869-1960
label: Date
content: bulk 1875-1912
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 from the Division of Work and Industry.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1050
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Proposals
label: Type
content: Price lists
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Catalogs/Pricelists, 1869-1953, undated

Series 2, Drawings 1884-1889; 1941-1953, undated

Series 3, Photographs, undated

Series 4, Miscellaneous, 1912, 1919, 1960
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kendra Ciccone (intern), April, 2010; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Proposals
label: Genre/Form
content: Price lists
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents the Erie City Iron Works of Erie, Pennsylvania. It includes trade literature, catalogs, price lists and advertisements; drawings and blueprints; photographs of engines and boilers; and articles.