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B+W photo of vibration test on X-15 aircraft firewall at U.S. Testing Co. facility, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1975-1980.

Photograph
Black-and-white photo of vibration test on X-15 aircraft firewall at United States Testing Co. facility, 1415 Park Ave., Hoboken. No date, circa 1958-1970. 8" x 10" wide print; documentation photograph taken by staff of the Photographic Department, but not so marked. Reverse blank. Donor Bill Willard (a long-time employee of the company) provided primary description of scene and called it a "jet", but the X-15 was actually a rocket powered aircraft. (Development started in 1956 with the first flight in 1959, last in 1968, so while undated, this photo may be as early as 1957 or 1958 and since there were changes made to various vehicles into the sixties, this test may have been as late as 1965 to 1967.) The view is of the test area with the firewall on a test bed. The unidentified staff member is seen at a control and monitoring station. --- Engineering Business & Commerce Sciences Interiors

2013.042.0009

2013.042

Willard, Bill

Gift

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

n/a

1957 - 1967

Hoboken

Date: 1957-1967

8 in

10 in

Good

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: 2013-06-27

U.S. Testing: vibration test X-15 firewall