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Air-compressors

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ingersoll-Rand Company photographs and records

 Collection
Accession: 2024-203
Abstract:

Ingersoll-Rand Company is a provider of industrial equipment. Its main products are compressors, blowers, and pumps. This small collection consists of a disparate assortment of brochures, booklets, manuals, correspondence, directories, and photographs that belonged Edward H. Fry (1915-1985), the supervising engineer for the Cameron Pump division at the Phillipsburg Plant. The materials date from 1936 to 1979 and have been arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 1936-1979

Schramm, Inc. photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2023-209
Abstract:

Schramm, Inc. was a leading manufacturer of air compression, drilling, and construction equipment headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania. This collection consists primarily of photographs depicting air compressor machinery produced by the company. It offers insight into Schramm's early operations and industrial development along the Eastern Seaboard. The images range from 1895 to 2015, with the majority of materials dating from 1908 to 1982. Researchers interested in energy transmission and its development by air compressors would find this collection useful. It is arranged into five series: Machinery prints, Personnel prints, Vintage prints, Promotional materials, and Negatives.

Dates: 1895-2015; Majority of material found within 1908-1982