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Horton Machine Works records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1917

Scope and content

Contracts, correspondence, invoices, payroll accounts, citations and certificates, pamphlets, and other records relating to the company's manufacture of mortar shells and other munitions; includes communications with the Rochester Ordnance District of the War Department, other manufacturers and suppliers, and subcontractors.

Scope and content

Also includes two 81mm mortar bodies and one 81mm mortar projectile with M25A1b1 body and M77 mechanical delay fuse, fin assembly attached.

Dates

  • 1920-1965.

Creator

Extent

28.4 cubic feet. (28.4 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English