Business papers, 1903-1942 (inclusive).

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Business papers, 1903-1942 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229894579

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and engineering data. Additional Safford material can be found in the papers of the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River, also in Baker Library.

12 linear ft. (9 cases, 2 v.)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7090124

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Safford, Arthur T., 1867-1951.

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Hydraulic engineer. Educated at Williams College (A.B. 1887). Assistant engineer, Massachusetts Department of Health, 1887-1891; assistant to city engineer, Newton, Mass., 1891-1898; assistant engineer of the Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River, 1894-1916; chief engineer, 1916-1938; consulting engineer, 1938-1950. Safford also maintained an outside consulting business, including work for Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, International Paper Company, and other companies and municipal...