Timken Roller Bearing Company Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Timken Roller Bearing Company
label: Creator
content: Pauly, Frank G.
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content: United States. Bureau of Mines
place: label: Place
content: Canton (Ohio)
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content: Ohio
topic: label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: Railroads -- Rolling-stock
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content: Locomotives
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content: Roller bearings
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content: Steel alloys
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content: Railroads -- Cars -- Bearings
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content: Bearings (Machinery)
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content: Railroad equipment industry
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content: Railroads -- Equipment and supplies
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content: Mining equipment
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content: Mine railroads
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content: Locomotive industry
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content: Friction
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, on September 25, 1990, by Frank G. Pauly.  Mr. Pauly had been employed as a Sales Engineer in Timken's Railroad Division, working out of the Chicago Sales Office, which was closed in 1966.
creator: label: Creator
content: Timken Roller Bearing Company
label: Creator
content: Pauly, Frank G.
label: Creator
content: United States. Bureau of Mines
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content: Timken Roller Bearing Company Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Timken Roller Bearing Co., of Canton, Ohio, produced its first tapered roller bearings in the 1890s.  The bearings were first used in horse drawn vehicles and later in automobiles.  As automobiles improved in design, power, and endurance, Timken made improvements in its bearings to compensate.  The company soon realized that the only way to ensure quality in its product was through the production of its own special alloy steel.  It organized the Timken Steel & Tube Company to supply both itself and other manufacturers with high grade steel.  In the late 1920s, the company entered the railroad equipment supply market with special tapered bearings for use in locomotives.  Timken continued to supply components for use in the railroad rolling stock, automotive, and other manufacturing industries.  It set high standards for such products, both in engineering and materials quality.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Timken Roller Bearing Co., Canton, Ohio, produced its first tapered roller bearings in the 1890s. The bearings were first used in horse-drawn vehicles and later in automobiles. As automobiles improved in design, power, and endurance, Timken made improvements in its bearings to compensate. The company soon realized that the only way to ensure quality in its product was through the production of its own special alloy steel. It organized the Timken Steel & Tube Company to supply itself and other manufacturers with high-grade steel. In the late 1920s, the company entered the railroad equipment supply market with special tapered bearings for locomotives.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0380
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Technical reports
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content: Articles
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content: Pamphlets
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content: Professional papers
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Don Darroch, volunteer, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, 1990.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Technical reports
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content: Articles -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Professional papers
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily technical papers by Timken engineers, presented in journals and meetings of professional societies. The papers concern the use of Timken roller bearings and other products in locomotives and other rolling stock on U.S. railroads and rapid transit systems. Also articles from trade magazines and brochures advertising Timken products, and a 1925 U.S. Bureau of Mines study of friction in mine-car wheels.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The material in this collection primarily consists of technical papers written by Timken engineers which were presented in journals and meetings of professional societies.  The papers all deal with the use of Timken roller bearings and other products in locomotives and other rolling stock on U.S. railroads and rapid transit systems.  In addition to professional papers, there are also articles from trade magazines and brochures advertising Timken products.  A 1925 U.S. Bureau of Mines study of friction in mine car wheels is also included.