Southern Iron & Equipment Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Southern Iron & Equipment Company
label: Creator
content: Bond, Edward
label: Names
content: Southern Iron & Equipment Company
place: label: Place
content: Georgia
label: Place
content: Atlanta (Ga.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Repairing
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Railroad equipment industry
label: Topic
content: Locomotives
label: Topic
content: Locomotive works -- Georgia
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Equipment and supplies
label: Topic
content: Locomotive industry
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Rolling-stock
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The written and photographic records of the Southern Iron & Equipment Company were purchased from the company at the time of its dissolution by Mr. Witbeck, a collector of railroad photographs.  The records were subsequently purchased from him by Mr. Edward Bond of Marietta, Georgia.  Mr. Bond donated them to the National Museum of American History in December 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Southern Iron & Equipment Company
label: Creator
content: Bond, Edward
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content: Southern Iron & Equipment Company Records
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Southern Iron & Equipment Company, a family owned business located in Atlanta, Georgia, was a major reconditioner of locomotives in the period ca. 1900 1960.  The company purchased locomotives, refurbished them, and then sold them.  In addition, the company did repair and reconditioning work on behalf of various railroads.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1960
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Division of Transportation to the Archives Center on September 25, 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0354
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Card files
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into two series.

Series 1: Locomotive Sales Cards

Series 2: Photographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed in the Division of Transportation, National Museum of American History, 1989.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Card files
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: An inventory for the Southern Iron & Equipment Company photographs is available.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These records document the rebuilding of locomotives by the Southern Iron & Equipment Company during the period circa 1903-1960.  They consist of one folder of "Memorandum of Locomotive Numbers" and a number of 4" x 6" cards recording sales of rebuilt locomotives.  The "Memorandum," (forty-eight pages) lists the locomotives by number and shows the company from which it was purchased, type of locomotive, manufacturer, and to whom it was sold.  The cards, alphabetically arranged by purchaser, record the type of locomotive, manufacturer, its number, and the purchase price.  The cards contain the most complete information on the period circa1903-1924; after that, only the number of the locomotive was noted on the card.