Richard Cheadle Powell papers, 1907-1966.

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Richard Cheadle Powell papers, 1907-1966.

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Engineering files relating to power plant projects, mainly in Hawaii (circa 1950-1964); a small amount of professional correspondence; subject files on topics relating primarily to the construction of steam power plants; a few publications by Powell and others on engineering topics; files of calculation sheets from Powell's work at Bechtel Corporation; nautical charts and topographical maps (some with annotations) of Maui, the island of Hawaii, and Kauai showing substations and power lines; and files of patents owned by mechanical engineer Adiel Y. Dodge dating from 1910 to 1965. It is not know how these files came into Richard Cheadle Powell's possession or what the relationship might have been between Powell and Dodge. The collection also includes one folder of photographs of an unidentified California power plant (circa 1930).

3 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize folder (3.95 linear feet)

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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Dodge, Adiel Y.

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Bechtel Corporation

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Powell, Richard Cheadle, 1882-1966.

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Richard Cheadle Powell was an engineer and a University of California, Berkeley professor. He worked for the Bechtel Corporation and as a consultant for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. His areas of expertise included the design and construction of steam power plants. He worked, most notably, on a range of power plant projects in Hawaii, including plants for the Hilo Electric Company, the Maui Electric Company, the Kekaha Sugar Company, the Laihana Light and Power Company, the ...

University of California, Berkeley. College of Engineering

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Brief History College of Engineering The Charter of the University provided for the establishment of Colleges of Mechanics, Civil Engineering, and Mining, in addition to Colleges of Agriculture and Letters. The present College of Engineering has evolved from the early technical colleges, with the combination of the Colleges of Mechanics and of Civil Engineering into a College of Engineering in 1931 and...