Charles S. Rippon papers, 1935-1976.

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Charles S. Rippon papers, 1935-1976.

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Collection primarily concerns dams and other water resource projects that Charles S. Rippon worked on during his civil engineering career. The collection consists of clipping files (which contain clippings, drawings, photographs, notes, and printed materials), photographs, government documents (some of which were written by Rippon), and miscellaneous printed materials.

5.0 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8003673

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...

Rippon, Charles.

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Charles S. Rippon was a civil engineer who worked on a number of dams and other water resource projects in the American West. Rippon worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation between the 1930s and 1970s and was involved in the design and construction of a number of the bureau's well known dams, including the Seminoe Dam (1936-1939) and Kortes Dam (1946-1951) in Wyoming and the Shasta Dam (1938-1945) in California. Rippon ran his own civil engineering consulting firm during the 1980s. ...