B+W photos, 10, wind load test set-up for traffic light & street lighting standards at Fairfield Airfield by United States Testing Co., Hoboken, possibly 1983.

Photograph

Hoboken Historical Museum

U.S. Testing, photo 1: wind load test, Fairfield Airfield; posed group

Name/Title

B+W photos, 10, wind load test set-up for traffic light & street lighting standards at Fairfield Airfield by United States Testing Co., Hoboken, possibly 1983.

Entry/Object ID

2013.042.0023

Description

Black-and-white photos, ten, of wind load test set-up for traffic light & street lighting standards at Fairfield Airfield by United States Testing Co., 1415 Park Ave., Hoboken, possibly 1983. 8" x 10" wide prints (except for no. 10, vertical); documentation photographs taken by staff of the Photographic Department, but not so marked; reverse blank. (Note: while prints are imaged and labeled 1 to 10, order is arbitrary) Donor Bill Willard (a long-time employee of the company) provided primary description of scene and location name as Fairfield Airfield (this is now Essex County Airport in Fairfield, N.J.; Curtiss-Wright building is seen in some images.) Single and dual traffic signals on arms are seen being erected along with swan's neck street lights. Aircraft being used is a Lockheed Constellation in the fleet of the Flying Tiger Line (Flying Tigers). No staff or client is identified except that photo 10 is a detail view of a base element showing welded joint damage after a test; it has foundry marks with the name " N.Y. City " and " 1983 " which could indicate that the testing was done for New York City with the part made in 1983. This date is consistent with an automobile seen. --- Engineering Business & Commerce Sciences Aircraft Trucks Exteriors Airports

Acquisition

Accession

2013.042

Source or Donor

Willard, Bill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Bill Willard in tribute to United States Testing Co., Hoboken.

Made/Created

Artist

n/a

Date made

1983 - 1984

Place

Location

Hoboken/Fairfield, N.J./

Notes

Date: 1983-1984

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: United States Testing Co., Inc., 1415 Park Avenue, Hoboken. No longer in Hoboken. Building was erected in 1918. (Initially occupied by B.F. Goodrich Co.) U.S. Testing signed lease Feb. 1, 1926 for building and grounds; company left Hoboken ca. 2000, for Fairfield, N.J., and building was converted to a parking garage; demolished winter 2013. U.S. Testing was founded 1880 and located in New York City until it moved to Hoboken which became its new headquarters with several branches in other American cities. It became a subsidiary of SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance, a Geneva based company founded in 1878) in 1963 (SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc. filed as a Foreign for Profit Corporation on Wednesday, October 16, 1963 in the state of New Jersey.) In May 1996, the name was changed to SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc. Subsidiaries of U.S. Testing that were located at the Hoboken address: Nationwide Consumer Testing Institute (established circa 1963.) Research and Testing Co., Inc. Qualitest Inc. ==== Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-07-08