Robert Wetherill Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
label: Creator
content: Wetherill Company
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
label: Names
content: Wetherill Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
label: Topic
content: Diesel engines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
label: Creator
content: Wetherill Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Robert Wetherill Company Records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Cubic feet (51 boxes )
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1875-1930
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donated by the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company to the Division of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, National Museum of History and Technology (Now the National Museum of American History) in 1965. Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0992
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Card files
label: Type
content: Specifications
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Ledgers (account books)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
Arrangement: By type of material.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH staff, 2009.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Card files
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Ledgers (account books)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These records document the activities of the Wetherill Plant of the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, originally the Wetherill Company, particuarly the manufacture of steam and diesel engines. Included are engine specification cards; bound lists and charts of specifications and prices; a bound index of drawing numbers, 1886-1928; steam engine catalogs, ca. 1895-1910; drawings and plans for compound and Corliss steam engines, 1875-1921; engine record books, 1876-1902; order books, 1888-1891, 1895-1912; a delivery book, 1916; ledgers, 1876-1885; and drawings for the SunDoxford diesel engine, ca. 1920-1930.