Reginald Heber Thomson scrapbook, 1892-1907.

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Reginald Heber Thomson scrapbook, 1892-1907.

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The Reginald Heber Thomson scrapbook covers Thomson's second term as Seattle City Engineer. It includes newspaper coverage of the Lake Union Sewer Tunnel, the Great Northern Tunnel, street paving and regrading projects, as well as Thomson's brief removal from office in 1894. The following individuals are featured prominently: Mayor James T. Ronald, Public Works Commissioners J.W. Van Brocklin, Jesse Cochran and J.N. Wolfe and City Engineer Edwin Hall. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, a portrait of Thompson (pages 25 and 27), a business card containing handwritten notes and typewritten correspondence from November, 1937.

1 v. ; 29 centimeters.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7171698

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Seattle (Wash.). Board of Public Works

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Thomson, Reginald Heber, 1856-1949

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Reginald Heber Thomson (1856-1949) served multiple terms as Seattle City Engineer, from 1883 to 1886, 1892 to 1911 and from 1930 to 1931. He was born in Hanover, Indiana in 1856, graduating from Hanover College in 1877 with a doctorate in philosophy. After graduating, Thomson moved to Oakland, California and briefly taught mathematics at the Healdsburg Institute (later known as Pacific Union College). Thomson arrived in Seattle on September 25, 1881. During his tenure as Seattle City Engineer, h...

Seattle (Wash.). City Engineer

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