Rip Van Winkle Bridge Photographs
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
New York Department of Public Works
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1933-1935
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1027
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs that document the construction of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in New York during various stages of construction, construction crews, and pier interiors.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Eney, William J.
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1929-1977
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2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1062
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents William J. Eney, a civil engineer whose research primarily focused on model analysis of bridges, stress test and concrete.
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Science Service
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1907-1970
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
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- Accession 18-137
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of Science Service subject files pertaining primarily to agriculture, farming, plants, animals, forest and forestry, fishes, mining, chemical technology, manufacturing, the National Park Service, and food. The subject files are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system. E - America HV - Pover...
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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Petersen, Dean F., 1913-1989
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1952-1977
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0967
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents some of the writings by Dean F. Petersen, a civil engineer specializing in water resource management.
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Currie, William
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1904-1912
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1043
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
William Currie was a civil engineer and photographer who worked during the early twentieth century. The photograph album documents irrigation systems in the western United States, sewage systems in Louisville, Kentucky, and work on the Panama Canal.
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Deal, Harmon B. (electrical engineer)
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ca. 1920-1930.
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0053
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes blueprints, schematics, photographs, notes, and some correspondence of Harmon B. Deal, engineer with the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, relating to a study on the possible lines of development of television in 1929.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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circa 1973-1982, 1988-1991
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-101
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document Jeffrey K. Stine's involvement in the conceptual phase of the Science in American Life (SAL) exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Stine served as coordinator of the feasibility study for the exhibition, and was lead Curator from July 1989 to October 1990. He was Cur...
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Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
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1870 - 1890
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12.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0984
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Mongomery C. Meigs, an Army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist. Meigs's papers include scrapbooks and photographs relating primarily to his work on the Pension Building and the Washington Aqueduct in Washington, D.C. but also his interest in politics, military affairs, construction, Native Americans, inventions, real estate, and financial matters.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Koppers Company.
Bartlett-Hayward Company.
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1882-1950
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6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0993
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; no...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Detroit Edison Company.
Bak, Anders K., 1892-
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1923-1970
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1065
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains papers assembled by Anders K. Bak, a Danish mechanical engineer and employee of the Detroit Edison Power Company. The papers include personal correspondence concerning the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; papers on the Parsons Steam Turbine; papers and blueprints on work done at the Barton Power Station in Manchester, England; and Detroit Edison Company background material, blueprints, articles, power plant test reports, information and data.