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The ASME History Center fosters the history and heritage of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering has shaped our lives and the world around us through numerous contributions in the fields of agriculture, manufacturing, food processing, aviation and much more. This site will serve as a means to familiarize you with mechanical engineering history by providing meaningful historical resources, both ASME and non-ASME related, and by exploring the past achievements of mechanical engineers, through ASME’s landmarks program.

Committee on History & Heritage

About the Committee, their function and members

Engineer-Historian Award

The ASME History and Heritage Committee recognizes outstanding published work or works by an engineer dealing with the history of mechanical engineering through its Engineer-Historian Award

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#47 Shippingport Nuclear Power Station (1958) Duquesne Light Company, Shippingport, Pa.: first US commercial central electric-generating station to use nuclear energy

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Letter from the Chair Getting involved in the History and Heritage program of ASME leaves a legacy to the mechanical engineering profession.

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20th Century Mechanical Engineering Achievements A to Z Information about 20th Century Mechanical Engineering Achievements: agricultural mechanization to Xerography.

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A Brief History of ASME ASME was founded in 1880 by prominent mechanical engineers, led by Alexander Lyman Holley (1832-1882), Henry Rossiter Worthington (1817-1880), and John Edson Sweet (1832-1916).

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