Trade catalogs from Parker-Russell Mining & Mfg. Co.

Object Details

Variant company name: Founded circa 1820
Company Name: Parker-Russell Mining & Mfg. Co.
Related companies: Began as a coal mine, then switched to brick making in the 1860s when a clay seam was found just as the coal vein began to run out(see http://stlouis.missouri.org/towergrovesouth/history.html)

Notes content: Parker-Russell was a premier refractory for fire brick used to build furnaces for gas & electric and lighting companies, steel mills and other industries that needed high temperatures to function. A 1903 booklet about Gas Retort Benches. A circa 1907 catalog showing the company's line of fire clay bricks and coal gas benches. A 1912 booklet entitled "Progress: The Parker-Russell Mining & Mfg. Co. of St Louis, Builders of Complete Coal Gas Carbonization Plants including benches, chimneys, stoking machines, retort houses, coal and coke apparatus." Circa 1919 booklet entitled "The Fiddes-Aldridge Simultaneous Discharging-Charger. Undated (circa 1920) duplicate pair of catalogs entitled "Refractories of Endurance". 1920 "Catalogue containing useful information in connnection with the use of Fire Clay Brick". Circa 1924 catalogue on enameling muffles.
Includes: Trade catalog, manual and histories; Black and white images
Physical description: 8 pieces; 1 box

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Topic (Romaine term): Mining machinery; equipment and supplies; Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones; Furnaces and boilers; Mills and milling supplies; Electrical apparatus and equipment; Engineering consultants and contractors; Architectural designs and building materials; Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components); Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.); Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.); Foundries; supplies and equipment; Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.); Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)
Topic: "Decoration and ornament, Architectural"; Architectural design; Barrels; Boilers; Bottling; Building materials; Candles; Ceramics; Coal; Consulting engineers; Electric apparatus and appliances; Engineers; Foundries; Fuel; Furnaces; Glass; Industrial equipment; Lamps; Lighting; Machinery; Milling machinery; Mining machinery industry; Petroleum; Porcelain; Pottery