Title
Locomotive Superheaters
Reference
YA1996.832
Production date
1947 - 1947
Creator
- The Superheater Company LimitedBiographyBiography
The Schmidt Superheating Company Limited was formed in 1908 for the purpose of developing the use of Dr Schmidt’s design his smoke tube superheater in Great Britain. In 1910 the progress which had been made by Dr. Schmidt in Europe resulted in the formation of The Locomotive Superheater Company (now The Superheater Company) in the United States. The Schmidt Superheating Co., Ltd., was reorganised in 1919, and renamed the Marine and Locomotive Superheaters Ltd., and, finally, in 1924, after amalgamation with the Superheater Corporation, Ltd., assumed its present title of The Superheater Company, Ltd.
The MeLeSco emblem found in catalogues and other literature may have come about as the result of the shortening of the MarinE and LocomotivE Superheater Company.
Scope and Content
Brochure providing information about the super-heating equipment supplied to locomotive builders. Brochure also contains basic information about the performance and construction of the system and the various classes of locomotives it was installed in.
Physical description
Good
Language
English
Archival history
Archive purchased from C. Hogben
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- The Superheater Company LimitedBiographyBiography
The Schmidt Superheating Company Limited was formed in 1908 for the purpose of developing the use of Dr Schmidt’s design his smoke tube superheater in Great Britain. In 1910 the progress which had been made by Dr. Schmidt in Europe resulted in the formation of The Locomotive Superheater Company (now The Superheater Company) in the United States. The Schmidt Superheating Co., Ltd., was reorganised in 1919, and renamed the Marine and Locomotive Superheaters Ltd., and, finally, in 1924, after amalgamation with the Superheater Corporation, Ltd., assumed its present title of The Superheater Company, Ltd.
The MeLeSco emblem found in catalogues and other literature may have come about as the result of the shortening of the MarinE and LocomotivE Superheater Company.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
