Southwark Foundry and Machine Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Baldwin-Southwark Corporation
label: Creator
content: Baldwin Locomotive Works
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content: Southwark Foundry and Machine Company
label: Creator
content: De La Vergne Engine Company
label: Donor
content: Baldwin-Hamilton 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: Donor
content: Fenerty, Paul C.
topic: label: Topic
content: Engines
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content: Heavy machinery
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content: Machine-tools
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content: Mechanical engineering
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content: Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
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content: Steam-engines
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content: Turbines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The largest portion of this collection was collected for the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now part of the Division of Work and Industry), and information about its provenance is lost. A small portion was donated in 1971 by Paul C. Fenerty, mostly relating to the Porter-Allen steam engine. The Baldwin-Hamilton Company donated approximately 14,000 drawings of machinery built by Southwark Foundry and Machine Company in 1975.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baldwin-Southwark Corporation
label: Creator
content: Baldwin Locomotive Works
label: Creator
content: Southwark Foundry and Machine Company
label: Creator
content: De La Vergne Engine Company
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content: Southwark Foundry and Machine Company Records
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Southwark Foundry and Machine Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1836. The company, which manufactured engines, boilers, turbines, and other machinery, was acquired by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 and became the Baldwin Southwark Corporation, a subsidiary of the Works. The De La Vergne Engine Company of New York, some of whose records are included here, manufacturers of refrigeration machinery, engines, and other machinery, was acquired by Baldwin Southwark in 1931.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 342 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1868-1945.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The entire collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1107
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Bulletins
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content: Engineering drawings
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content: Financial records
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content: Lists
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content: Manuals
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content: Patents
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content: Reports
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content: Specifications
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: A portion of the the collection was processed by Archives Center staff in 2009. Most of the collection remain unprocessed.
label: Processing Information
content: The collection has been minimally rearranged and retains the existing/original folder titles when possible. 
Some of the bound volumes documenting drawings, orders, and repairs have been rehoused for long-term stability, but often staples and other fasteners have not been removed. The bulk of the collection remains unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Bulletins
label: Genre/Form
content: Engineering drawings
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content: Financial records
label: Genre/Form
content: Lists
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
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content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of engineering drawings of steam engines, blowing engines, turbines, generators, testing machinery, steam hammers, boilers, machine tools, and other machinery manufactured by the Southwark Foundry and Machine Company, circa 1880-1916; transfers of patent rights, reports, lists, financial documents, and other material concerning Southwark and its predecessors, circa 1868-1885; and engineering drawings, specifications, production records, parts and drawing lists, repair manuals, bulletins, and publications concerning refrigeration machinery manufactured by the De La Vergne Engine Company and its predecessors and successors, circa 1890-1945.