[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 19 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1413-S1414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 LOCKWOOD GREENE DONATES RARE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS TO THE SMITHSONIAN

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, today I recognize Lockwood 
Greene, and its chairman, Donald R. Lugar, for the company's donation 
of 5,000 original engineering drawings to the Smithsonian's National 
Museum of American History.
  The Lockwood Greene Collection dates to the mid-1800's and is the 
largest single holding of early American engineering and architectural 
drawings. The drawings offer a window into the U.S. industrial history 
and the changes that occurred with the harnessing of electricity and 
the invention of the automobile.
  The donated drawings, mostly on linen using India ink and still in 
mint condition, reveal the skills and talent of 19th and early 20th 
century draftsmen. They document information unrecorded elsewhere such 
as: The first application of electric drive to an 1893 manufacturing 
operation in Columbia, SC; modifications providing for the transition 
from horse and buggy to automobile to the important east west route, 
the Lincoln Highway in Lake County, IN; designs for WWII era radio 
stations; and drawings of the Androscoggin textile mill in Lewiston, 
ME, from the 1890's depicting power transmission through the factory 
prior to the introduction of electricity.
  The official ceremony for the donation will take place at the 
Smithsonian's Ceremonial Court Hall

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on February 19, 1997. Museum officials are delighted by the gift and 
they have begun compiling a computerized index of them.
  I congratulate Lockwood Greene's generous decision to make this 
priceless gift to the Smithsonian Institution, thus securing it for 
future generations. Lockwood Greene, one of the country's most 
prominent consulting, design, and construction firms, was founded in 
New England in 1832 and is now headquartered in Spartanburg, 
SC.

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