Vintage 1949 Wrights Automatic Machinery Co Engineering Manual Durham NC For Sale

Up for sale is a completely unique, museum-grade piece of North Carolina industrial history: An original, serialized corporate engineering binder from Wright\'s Automatic Machinery Co. based out of Durham, N.C. This specific binder is Manual #20, officially issued to engineer John C. Wilson. Features & Highlights:- Dates: Internal documentation spans from November 1949 through May 1951.- Authentication: Includes original signed engineering memoranda from senior department staff including H.L. Garrard and B.B. Myers.- Interior Content: Packed with typed blueprint standards, specification charts, and highly technical mechanical instruction tables (including measurements for External Spur Gears, Force Fits, Press Running, Shafts, and Hex Nuts).- Unique Provenance: Features mid-century handwritten field notes, corrections, and ink notes from engineer Bill Simpson regarding component part numbers.Condition:Authentic shop-used condition. The exterior canvas binder spine shows deep surface staining consistent with mid-century machine shop environments. The structural multi-ring binding mechanism is fully functional. Internal pages are remarkably well-preserved with intact, typed tab indexes.A spectacular display item for any collector of vintage industrial ephemera, mechanical engineering history, or Southern textile/tobacco-era corporate automation history.