RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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General Machinery Corporation Collection (1976.01)

Steamship Historical Society of America

Steamship Historical Society of America
2500 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
Tel: 401-463-3570
E-mail: info@sshsa.org

Scope & content

This collection comprises records from Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co., which later became part of General Machinery Corporation and then the Baldwin-Hamilton Company. Notable items in the collection include a series of ledgers featuring calibrations and aspects of steam and diesel engine manufacturing, as well as several photo albums of General Machinery Corp's Hamilton, Ohio plant. These photo albums include many photos of women factory workers during WWII.