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Guide to the New York Sugar Refining Company Miscellaneous Specifications
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Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | New York Sugar Refining Company | |
| Title | New York Sugar Refining Company Miscellaneous Specifications, | |
| Dates: | 1897-1899 | |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of a number of different specifications used by the company in the performance of work requested by them of various contractors of others. Most are in typescript, several in manuscript. These documents vary in length from four or five pages to twenty or more pages/ Following is a partial list simply to give some idea of the subjects. It is conceivable that there are some duplicate items in the sense that specifications for the same job to be performed might have varied a bit according to different contractors involved, or perhaps there may be a draft or two included. | |
| Extent: | 1 box, .5 cubic feet | |
| Identification: | N-8 | |
| Location: | The material is located in the Archives at Queens Library. | |
Historical/Biographical Note
The office and manufacturing plant of the New York Sugar Refining Company were located in the Hunter’s point section of Long Island City in the approximate area of what is today 2nd Street and 55th Avenue but which was formerly known as Front and Pigeon Streets. The building was demolished in May 1984.
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of a number of different specifications used by the company in the performance of work requested by them of various contractors of others. Most are in typescript, several in manuscript. These documents vary in length from four or five pages to twenty or more pages/ Following is a partial list simply to give some idea of the subjects. It is conceivable that there are some duplicate items in the sense that specifications for the same job to be performed might have varied a bit according to different contractors involved, or perhaps there may be a draft or two included.
Specifications for coal list handling machinery, Jan 17, 1899
Specifications for coal chutes and gas producers, Aug 1898
General rules regarding contracts with the New York Sugar Refining Company, undated
General pump specifications, June 17, 1897.
The documents are not stored in any specific order.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Creator of item, date of item (if known), identification of item, if a photograph its control number. The New York Sugar Refining Company Miscellaneous Specifications, Archives at Queens Library, Queens Borough Public Library.
Provenance
These items in this collection were salvaged by Mr. Emil Lucev, a local historian interested in the preservation of history.
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions. Manuscripts are only available in the Archives at Queens Library, please call (718) 990-0770 for hours. Manuscript users will be required to complete the division's Manuscript Usage Form and deposit their photograph identification or Queens Borough Public Library card with a staff member. The identification will be returned to the user after she/he has returned the material. Manuscript users will deposit all their personal items behind the reference desk. Manuscript users must use the division's loose sheets of paper for note taking. To reiterate, no pen of any type is permitted. Paper and a pencil are available upon request. Manuscript users may be required to use special handling procedures depending on the conditions of the material.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
- Archives at Queens Library
- Queens Borough Public Library
- 89-11 Merrick Boulevard
- Jamaica, NY 11432
- Phone: (718) 990-0770.
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Access Points
Subject Organizations:
- New York Sugar Refining Company
Subject Places:
- Long Island City (New York, N.Y.)
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Inventory
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
