TitleLocomotive Superheaters
ReferenceYA1996.832
CreatorThe Superheater Company Limited 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 ContentBrochure 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 descriptionGood
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyArchive purchased from C. Hogben
LevelItem
Repository nameScience and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisationsThe Superheater Company Limited 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.
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