Olaf Laurgaard papers, 1919-1940

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Olaf Laurgaard papers, 1919-1940

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Collection comprises the papers of American engineer Olaf Laurgaard and includes correspondence, reports, plans, specifications, and drawings for a Portland, Or. waterfront project, 1919-1933, and other city projects. It also includes Laurgaard's diary from 1937-1939.

3 linear ft. (6 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7946254

University of Oregon Libraries

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Laurgaard, Olaf, 1880-1945.

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Olaf Laurgaard (1880-1945) was city engineer of Portland, Or. He also worked as a construction engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1937-1940. From the description of Olaf Laurgaard papers, 1919-1940 (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 656160060 Olaf Laurgaard (1880-1945) was city engineer of Portland, Oregon. He worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1937-1940, at which time he kept an engineer's diary. From the guide to the...

Portland (Or.). Office of City Engineer

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Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...