Lombard Governor Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Lombard Governor Company.
label: Donor
content: Sorensen, William
label: Creator
content: American Lincoln Corporation
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
topic: label: Topic
content: Hydraulic engineering
label: Topic
content: Turbines
label: Topic
content: Water-power
label: Topic
content: Water-wheels
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by William Sorensen in 1962.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lombard Governor Company.
label: Donor
content: Sorensen, William
label: Creator
content: American Lincoln Corporation
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content: Lombard Governor Company Records
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1894, Nathaniel Lombard developed the first practical water wheel governor in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Lombard's design incorporated hydraulics and a unique anti-racing device to move the gates of the largest turbines multiple times faster than any existing device. In 1904, the company moved to Ashland, Massachusetts. During the first World War, Lombard Governor produced hydraulic lathes for the manufacture of artillery shells, and special valves for the US government's Muscle Shoals nitrogen plant. At the conclusion of the war, Lombard expanded into the areas of chain saws and plastic molding injection machines. In 1962, the company changed its name to Lombard Industries. In 1964, Lombard Industries was acquired by American Lincoln Corporation and the operation was moved to Toledo, Ohio.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.75 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 2 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1970s.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1091
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Price lists
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Bulletins
label: Type
content: Glass negatives
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Printed Materials

Series 2: Glass Plate Negatives

Series 3: Blueprints
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Prelinary inventory prepared by John Benko, intern, 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Price lists
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Bulletins
label: Genre/Form
content: Glass negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of records documenting the Lombard Governor Company: photographs (including glass plate negatives), blueprints, printed material, price lists, reports, catalogs and trade literature, bulletins, and a notebook of patents.