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ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK COLLECTION 1835-1930
#225
(.3 cubic feet: 1 DB)
by: Robert S. Harding, January 1987
Scope and Content
These are mainly personal notebooks of engineers although one is a listing of products of a
manufacturer of gears and another is a compilation of shop orders for various products of
manufacture. They generally contain technical descriptions and drawings and contain
specifications and financial data.
Provenance
Transferred from the Division of Engineering and Industry, August 7, 1986
Container List
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1 |
C. Bennett (?) Railway Coach Co. - notes, drawings, data on railroad
installations and operations, waterworks, etc. ca. 1835-1840 |
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Woodruff & Beach Iron Works, Commerce Street, Hartford, CT -
List of gears
and other patterns belonging to W & B Iron Works (includes technical
descriptions of gears, etc.) 1867. |
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Frank P. Sheldon, Mill Engineer and Architect, Providence, RI - Technical cost
and financial data on textile mill equipment and installations, ca. 1870-1875. |
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2 |
J. Parker Snow (Sketch Book No. 2) - Technical descriptions and drawings of
stone arches, industrial furnaces and kilns, culverts, etc., ca.1882. |
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James Reed, Asst. Engineer, Pennsylvania R.R. - Maintenance of way expenses,
repair costs, other railroad costs, number of cars hauled, etc., ca. 1874-1882. |
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W.F. Gordon, Newport News, VA - Survey notes and data for piers, docks, and
streets, ca. 1883-1884. |
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3 |
Ames Iron Works, Oswego, NY - Technical notes and data on steam engines
and other machinery, ca. 1888-1890. |
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4 |
Hendrick Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Carbondale, PA - Copies of shop orders for
various items (495 individual orders), 1890-1891. |
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5 |
Alfred O. Blaisdell, 268 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, NY - Technical notes and
drawings on various marine engineering problems; also notes on electricity,
early aviation (Wright Brothers), telescopes, and religion, ca. 1899-1912. |
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William J. Richardson, Carrier Corporation Service Department, Syracuse, NY -
Individual reports of inspections of large commercial refrigeration installations,
1930. |
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