Scrapbooks of clippings relating to railroad engineering, 1879-1908.

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Scrapbooks of clippings relating to railroad engineering, 1879-1908.

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Volumes 1-7 are separetely indexed. [1] Spine title: "Miscellaneous". Relates to canals, ship railways, engineering education, and bridges. 1884-1908. [2] Spine title: "Nicaragua Canal; Tehuantepec Railway". Topics include New Orleans Bridge, Nicaragua Canal, general engineering, and engineering education. 1883-1908. [3] Spine title: "Against Ship Railway. Tehuantepec Ship Railway". Topics include University of Chicago, education, World's Columbian Exposition, waterways, irrigation, and sewerage, electric railways, and elevated railways. 1881-1891. [4] Spine title: "Personal. Tehuantepec Railway". Topics include hydraulic engineering, international professional activities, commerce, Eads Monument, and Eads memoirs. 1885-1895. [5] Spine title: "Panama Canal. Tehuantepec Ship Railway". Topics include World's Engineering Congress, terminals, and rapid transit. 1881-1896. [6] Spine title: "In Favor of Ship Railways. Tehuantepec Ship Railway". Topics include arguments in favor of ship railways, the Tehuantepec Ship Railway, and the Chignecto Ship Railway. 1884-1896. [7] Spine title: "River and Harbor Improvements. Tehuantepec Ship Railway". Topics include river and harbor tonnage of ports, Mississippi jetties, Mexico and Tampico, and enlarged waterways. 1879-1908. [8] Miscellaneous topics. 1895. [9] Inside front cover: "New Orleans Belt and Bridges". 1892. [10] Topics include ship railways and lakes. 1890-1896. [11] Topics include ship railways and Mexico. 1881-1884.

11 vol.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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