Charles David Marx papers, 1873-1942.

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Charles David Marx papers, 1873-1942.

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Correspondence, reports, research notes, manuscripts, drawings, financial records, clippings, minutes, reprints, and photographs largely pertaining to engineering projects, most of which concern dams and water systems in California; other subjects include his years as student and lecturer at Cornell University, his civic work, and other professional activities. Of note are minutes, correspondence, financial records, drawings, and reports of the Committee on Arch Dam Investigation of the Engineering Foundation, 1925-1933, which built an experimental single arch dam on Stevenson Creek near Fresno, California; other persons represented in this series include H.W. Dennis, Fred A. Noetzli, Willis A. Slater, Alfred D. Flinn, and J.L. Savage.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Marx, Charles David, 1857-1939.

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Charles D. Marx was professor of civil engineering at Stanford University from its founding in 1891 to his retirement in 1923. After his retirement he was a consultant on many engineering projects, including serving on the technical board of the San Francisco-Alameda County Bridge Commission. From the description of Charles David Marx papers regarding the San Francisco Bay bridge, 1926-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704537809 Charles D. Marx was professor of civil engi...

Noetzli, Fred A.

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Cornell University

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Flinn, Alfred D. (Alfred Douglas), 1869-1937

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Engineering Foundation (U.S.). Committee on Arch Dam Investigation.

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Dennis, H. W.

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Stanford University. Dept. of Civil Engineering

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Savage, John L. (John Lucian), 1879-1967

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Dam design engineer. Appointed U.S. Reclamation Service's chief design engineer in 1924. Supervised more than 60 dams, including Hoover and Grand Coulee. Denver, Colo. resident. From the description of Papers, 1944. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53010980 John Lucian Savage, 1879-1967, was a dam design engineer, who worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, from the turn of the 19th century until his retirement, and then served as t...

Slater, Willis A.

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