Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Simmons Co.
- Physical Description
- Wood propellor with metallic coating on the outer 2/3 of the blades. Sheet metal wrapped around edges of blade tips.
- Type: Two-Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Wood
- Diameter: 238.8 cm (94 in.)
- Chord: 26.7 cm (10.5 in.)
- Engine Application: Unknown
- Summary
- James Lee Simmons began designing, experimenting, and making propellers first at his Washington Aeroplane Company factory located on Water Street in the southwestern area of the district during the 1909-1910 period. By 1913, when this propeller was manufactured, the company also manufactured a line of "Columbia" monoplanes, biplanes, and flying boats based on European and American designs.
- Like other early aircraft manufacturers, Simmons also fabricated Wright-type propellers for $100 (closer to $2,000 in modern currency) a pair, as well as variations of Chauviére and other French designers in two-, three-, and four-blade configurations.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frederick Strobel Jr., Washington, D.C
- 1913
- Inventory Number
- A19340026000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
- Materials
- Wood
- Non-Magnetic Metal
- Copper Alloy
- Fabric
- Varnish
- Metallic Coating
- Dimensions
- Rotor/Propeller: 238.8 x 26.7 x 15.2 x 10.5 x 1 x 3.8cm (94 x 10 1/2 x 6 x 4 1/8 x 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Early Flight
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19340026000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e33f7803-b676-4714-82a4-fbe63e98fbe9
