Broderick & Bascom Wire Rope Company, n. d. | Historical Construction Equipment Association

By Thomas Berry

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Collection Overview

Title: Broderick & Bascom Wire Rope Company, n. d.

ID: 1/105/186

Primary Creator: Broderick & Bascom Wire Rope Company (1876-1999)

Extent: 1.0 Items

Subjects: Backfiller, Backhoe, Broderick & Bascom, Cable backfiller, Cable backhoe, Cable shovel, Clamshell crane, Crawler dragline, Dragline, Shovel, Skimmer, Slackline dragline, St. Louis, Missouri, WireCo World Group, Wire rope

Forms of Material: Sales literature

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of sales literature discussing the company’s products.

Biographical Note

Broderick & Bascom was founded in 1876. As of 1966, it was based in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1999, WireCo World Group purchased Broderick & Bascom’s wire rope division; by 2001, WireCo had “limited” use of the name.

Subject/Index Terms

Backfiller
Backhoe
Broderick & Bascom
Cable backfiller
Cable backhoe
Cable shovel
Clamshell crane
Crawler dragline
Dragline
Shovel
Skimmer
Slackline dragline
St. Louis, Missouri
WireCo World Group
Wire rope

Administrative Information

Repository: Historical Construction Equipment Association

Access Restrictions: Reeving diagram

Physical Access Note: Records in Group 1 Series 1 Subseries 1 are soiled.

Acquisition Method:

This is an artificial collection comprised of records from multiple accessions. Initial records in this collection were found in files. Additional records have been added from:

• Judd Griffith Collection, Accession 2000-0113 (received Sep 22 2000)

Box and Folder Listing

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Group 1: Machinery records, n. d.

Series 1: Sales literature, n. d.

Subseries 1: Judd Griffith Collection, n. d.: Broderick & Bascom sales literature: Set of nine reeving diagram discusses wire rope specifications and reeving for typical clamshell crane, cable shovel, crawler dragline, cable backhoe, skimmer, cable backfiller, and slackline dragline. Nine pages, soiled.