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Historical Society of Tacony Frank Shuman collection, 1912-2011

Title: Historical Society of Tacony Frank Shuman collection 1912-2011

Frank Shuman (1862-1918) was a resident of Tacony, Philadelphia, and an inventor. He built the world's first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt from 1912-1913: it was used to irrigate the desert near the Nile River. The bulk of the Historical Society of Tacony Frank Shuman collection, 1912-2011, consists of secondary materials, but there is also an original plan for the Maadi solar plant, and about two dozen original photographs of Shuman and his team building it.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; (1 document box, 1 folder of photographs, 1 small framed item, 1 oversize framed item)

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Thomas W. South papers, 1861-1919

Title: Thomas W. South papers 1861-1919

Thomas Winfield South (1847-1922) moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1872 to work for the Disston & Sons Saw Works as manager and land-agent for the Disston-owned properties in the Tacony section of the city. Heavily involved in real estate, transportation, and local politics and government, South became a prominent figure in Tacony and the city at large. Like his cousins Hamilton Disston (1844-1896) - the largest single investor in Florida's history - and Jacob Disston (1862-1938), South was involved with the development of central Florida. The Thomas W. South papers, 1861-1919, primarily consist of correspondence and legal papers that document South's various political and business engagements in Philadelphia. The collection also contains correspondence of the St. Petersburg Investment Company, 1905-1919 (bulk 1911-1912), an organization founded by Jacob Disston and fellow Philadelphian investors to finance development projects in and around Disston lands in Florida. Court records relating to South's position as magistrate (largely inaccessible to researchers because of the very poor condition of the materials) and secondary-source materials on South and Hamilton Disston are also included.

ArchivalResource: 16.0 Linear feet

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