Papers, 1847-1893.

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Papers, 1847-1893.

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Henderson's papers consist of two distinct items, a scrapbook containing items from 1847 to 1893, and an atlas of 29 plates (ca. 1879) of Bessemer and rolling-mill machinery, showing installations at a number of important European steel works. The scrapbook contains letters, prospectuses, advertisements, magazine articles and drawings pertaining to Henderson's career and inventions. It also contains a clipping on his son William Claude Henderson (b. 1861) and an 1876 "Centennial Chorus" by his daughter Jessie M. Henderson.

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Henderson, William M., fl. 1850-1893.

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William M. Henderson was a mechanical engineer and inventor who spent most of his career in Philadelphia. Henderson appears to have been born in Birmingham, England, his first recorded employment being as a mechanical engineer for the London & North Western Railway in 1847. By 1857, he had emigrated to America and was working at the Union Works of Baltimore. Here he patented a slide valve and a force pump. There followed a few years building railroad bridges and simi...

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Brown, Bayley & Dixon (Sheffield, England).

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William M. Henderson & Co.

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Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Henderson Hydraulic Car Brake Company.

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Fried. Krupp AG

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