District Office records, 1879-1990.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

District Office records, 1879-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313827855

Permit files, project maps, correspondence, and other records of the St. Paul district office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, a major army command that provides engineering services for the United States Army and Air Force and is also involved in water-related civil engineering work. Includes reports, blueprints, petitions, plans, bridge specifications, engineering maps, mechanical drawings, and other material relating to bridge administration, harbor and flood control projects, civil engineering projects, and other matters. Some of the material is on microfilm.

2.5 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 2 microfilm reels).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7314595

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Minnesota. Dept. of Highways.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p090jm (corporateBody)

The Minnesota Legislature created the Department of Highways in 1917 to oversee the construction of Minnesota highways. The basic highway plan for Minnesota was endorsed by the Legislature in the early 1920s, with the creation of a system of 70 trunk highways. In 1976, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) was created by the Legislature and assumed the responsibilities previously held by the Department of Highways. From the description of State of Minnesota, Dept. of Hi...

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Paul District

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z8zqt (corporateBody)

The Army Corps of Engineers was established by Congress in 1802. In addition to its military responsibilities it is involved in water-related civil engineering work, much of which is centered on navigation and flood control projects and typically involves the construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, locks, levees, and jetties, and the dredging of channels and harbors. The Corps also has a regulatory function, with authority to approve or deny projects submitted to it by cor...

Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66695qn (person)

Knute Nelson was born in Vosse Elven, Norway, on February 2, 1843. In 1849 he and his widowed mother emigrated to the United States, settling first in Chicago (1849-1850), then in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment (1861-1864) during the Civil War. Following the war he was graduated from the Albion Academy and studied law in a Madison, Wisconsin, law office, being admitted to the bar in 1867 and then serving as a representative in the ...

Washburn, William D. (William Drew), 1831-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ft9cbk (person)

De la Barre, William, 1849-1936.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq31wb (person)

United States. Engineer Office.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j73ht9 (corporateBody)

Bede, J. Adam (James Adam), 1856-1942

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6834k54 (person)