Papers, 1835-1960.

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Papers, 1835-1960.

The Savery family papers consist primarily of those of Thomas H. Savery, his son William H. Savery, and William's daughter Sara Louisa Savery.

3.4 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8336237

Hagley Museum & Library

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Altoona Test Plant.

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Savery, Thomas H., 1837-1910.

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Thomas Savery was born on May 31, 1837 in Philadelphia, Pa. After attending the Friends Select School and the Westtown Boarding School in Chester County, he then became apprentice machinist at William Sellers & Company of Philadelphia. After finishing this apprenticeship he was employed as a foreman in the shops of the Columbus, Piqua & Indiana Railroad. He then became superintendent in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona shops. In 1864 Savery became shop foreman...

Pusey and Jones Company

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York Haven Paper Company.

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Hocking Valley Railway Company.

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Savery, Sarah L. (Sarah Louisa), 1897-1979.

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Little, Arthur D. (Arthur Dehon), 1863-1935

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Chemical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Little and Roger B. Griffin founded the chemical firm, Griffin and Little, Boston, Mass., in 1886; incorporated as Arthur D. Little, Inc., in 1909. From the description of Papers, 1884-1973 (bulk 1900-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149520 From the description of Papers of Arthur D. Little, 1884-1973 (bulk 1900-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77756012 Biographical Note ...

Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad & Coal Co.

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Rocky Mountain Paper Company.

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Shenandoah Pulp Company.

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Harpers Ferry Electric Light and Power Company.

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Denver Paper Mills Company.

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Seaboard Steel Casting Company (Chester, Pa.)

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Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company.

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Savery family.

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The Savery family of Chester County, Pa., produced two generations of eminent mechanical engineers. Thomas Savery was born on May 31, 1837 in Philadelphia, Pa. After attending the Friends Select School and the Westtown Boarding School in Chester County, he then became apprentice machinist at William Sellers & Company of Philadelphia. After finishing this apprenticeship he was employed as a foreman in the shops of the Columbus, Piqua & Indiana Railroad. He then be...

Parsons Engine Company.

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Tazite Company (Wilmington, Del.)

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Perfection Carburetor Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Erie Railroad Company

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Morris Equipment Company (Wilmington, Del.)

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Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada

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Harpers Ferry Paper Company.

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Savery, William H., 1865-1949

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William Savery, the son of Thomas Savery and Sarah Pim Savery, was born on October 24, 1865 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was educated at Haverford College and later went to work for his father at the Pusey & Jones Company. He was president and general manager of the Parsons Engineering Company. He was also president of the Harpers Ferry Electric Light and Power Company, the York Haven Paper Company, and the Shenandoah Pulp Company, enterprises that had been started by his father in the late 1...

Electro Manganese Corporation.

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Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

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