Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Albany Water Works, 1835-1851

 Collection

Identifier: SC MS 0154

Abstract

This is a ten document collection comprised of eight pamphlets, a manuscript, and a detailed map regarding 19th century Albany, New York’s municipal water supply. The documents are dated from 1842 to 1850 but an earlier history of water supply for Albany is reflected within the documents.

Dates: 1842 - 1850

Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

Copy of Engineers Private Journal [on] Harlem Bridge

 Collection

Identifier: SC MS 0142

Abstract This journal appears to be a unique record of daily on site observations and construction processes of the building of a second Harlem River bridge at the site of Third Avenue, County of New York (Manhattan). It contains copied documents such as the New York State Legislature’s document Chapter 774 dated April 17, 1857 authorizing the building of a new bridge at the site, as well as the design requirements for the new bridge, removal of the previous bridge and the official appointment and...

Dates: 1857-1861

Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

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Albany (N.Y.) 1

Bridges 1

Civil engineering 1

Compressed air foundations 1

Erie Canal (N.Y.) 1

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Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) 1

Manuscripts (documents) 1

Maps (documents) 1

Pamphlets 1

Patroon Creek (N.Y.) 1

Pneumatic foundations 1

Rensselaer Lake (N.Y.) 1

Third Avenue Bridge 1

Water-supply -- New York (State) -- Albany 1

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