Babcock and Wilcox collection
Scope and Content
This collection consists of 22 photographs of the Babcock and Wilcox Company facility at Renfrew, Scotland, circa 1903-1904. Photographs include images of the plant floor and its machinery, men working with machines and boilers, and the construction of new facilities.
Dates
- Creation: 1903-1904
Language of Materials
The records are in English
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on use of this collection.
History of The Babcock and Wilcox Company
In 1867, Stephen Wilcox and George Babcock established a partnership to manufacture and market boilers. In 1881, the Babcock and Wilcox Company was incorporated. That same year the company opened a sales office in Glasgow, Scotland, and later built its own manufacturing plant in Renfrew, Scotland. The company, both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, continued to build boilers, as well as, in later years, electrical generating units.
Extent
.42 linear feet
Abstract
This collection consists of 22 photographs of the Babcock and Wilcox Company facility at Renfrew, Scotland, circa 1903-1904. Photographs include images of the plant floor and its machinery, men working with machines and boilers, and the construction of new facilities.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
This collection is thought to have been a gift of the Babcock & Wilcox Company to the Case Archive of Contemporary Science and Technology circa 1964-1967.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Babcock and Wilcox Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections Repository
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland OH 44106-7151 United States
216.368.0189
kslspecialcollections@case.edu