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- Rendering of Morgantown, West Virginia, People Mover Vehicle, circa 1971 - In 1975, West Virginia University opened a personal rapid transit (PRT) system connecting its three campuses in Morgantown, West Virginia. Installed with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation, WVU's automated system was used to test the PRT concept. Michigan-based firm Sundberg-Ferar prepared a series of design proposals for the Morgantown PRT vehicles.
- circa 1971
- Collections - Artifact
Rendering of Morgantown, West Virginia, People Mover Vehicle, circa 1971
In 1975, West Virginia University opened a personal rapid transit (PRT) system connecting its three campuses in Morgantown, West Virginia. Installed with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation, WVU's automated system was used to test the PRT concept. Michigan-based firm Sundberg-Ferar prepared a series of design proposals for the Morgantown PRT vehicles.
- Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 17 - Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 17
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- Sundberg-Ferar Space Station Interior Concept Drawings, 1984 - Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Sundberg-Ferar Space Station Interior Concept Drawings, 1984
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- Scale Model of Morgantown, West Virginia, People Mover Vehicle, circa 1971 - In 1975, West Virginia University opened a personal rapid transit (PRT) system connecting its three campuses in Morgantown, West Virginia. Installed with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation, WVU's automated system was used to test the PRT concept. Michigan-based firm Sundberg-Ferar prepared a series of design proposals for the Morgantown PRT vehicles.
- circa 1971
- Collections - Artifact
Scale Model of Morgantown, West Virginia, People Mover Vehicle, circa 1971
In 1975, West Virginia University opened a personal rapid transit (PRT) system connecting its three campuses in Morgantown, West Virginia. Installed with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation, WVU's automated system was used to test the PRT concept. Michigan-based firm Sundberg-Ferar prepared a series of design proposals for the Morgantown PRT vehicles.
- Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar Interior, circa 1974 - Atlanta joined San Francisco and Washington, D.C., in reviving rail-based rapid transit when it opened the first segment of its Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system in 1979. MARTA's original fleet included 120 aluminum railcars, each 75 feet long, built by France's Societe Franco-Belge. Most of the 53-mile, 40-station system envisioned by MARTA's planners was completed by 2001.
- circa 1974
- Collections - Artifact
Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar Interior, circa 1974
Atlanta joined San Francisco and Washington, D.C., in reviving rail-based rapid transit when it opened the first segment of its Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system in 1979. MARTA's original fleet included 120 aluminum railcars, each 75 feet long, built by France's Societe Franco-Belge. Most of the 53-mile, 40-station system envisioned by MARTA's planners was completed by 2001.
- Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 2 - Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 2
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar, circa 1974 - Atlanta joined San Francisco and Washington, D.C., in reviving rail-based rapid transit when it opened the first segment of its Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system in 1979. MARTA's original fleet included 120 aluminum railcars, each 75 feet long, built by France's Societe Franco-Belge. Most of the 53-mile, 40-station system envisioned by MARTA's planners was completed by 2001.
- circa 1974
- Collections - Artifact
Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar, circa 1974
Atlanta joined San Francisco and Washington, D.C., in reviving rail-based rapid transit when it opened the first segment of its Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system in 1979. MARTA's original fleet included 120 aluminum railcars, each 75 feet long, built by France's Societe Franco-Belge. Most of the 53-mile, 40-station system envisioned by MARTA's planners was completed by 2001.
- Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 12 - Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 12
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 13 - Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 13
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 14 - Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
- circa 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Sundberg-Ferar--Space Station Interior Concept Drawings--Item 14
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.