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The collection contains estimates, proposals and designs for bridge projects in 19 New York towns, mostly in the vicinity of Syracuse, New York. The two folio volumes [one large, one smaller] are engineer’s bridge design notebooks most likely compiled in Syracuse, New York, c. 1871-1884 where the Howard Soule Jr. had his association; they consist of pencil sketches, entry notes and calculations with illustrations, estimates and costs. These two volumes document his estimates and proposals for bridge projects in at least 19 New York towns, most of them in the Syracuse area. Volume one measures 25 x 36 x 4 cm, has 287 numbered pages [pages used 1-37, 282-287; pages 19-30 separated from spine, pages 31-32 missing, end fly leaf has newspaper article on bridge bids] and 6 alphabetic Index pages [not used]. brown and tan speckled paper over board covers, binding in very poor condition, pages clean and good condition. Volume two measures 43 x 30 x 2.5 cm, very poor spine, boards totally separated with no paper cover, 42 hand numbered pages, the remainder blank, back fly leaf has glued down letter from Office American Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, Cleveland, Ohio, dated April 1869 and 7 loose sheets of paper with drawings and calculations.