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Charles A. Vinscherer Civil Engineering Notebook
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0122
Abstract
This manuscript describes observations and comparisons of various waterways engineering structures in eastern United States and the Rhineland of Germany. Detailed notations are made about the structures on the Schuylkill Navigation system above Reading, PA and the Louisville – Portland Canal system.
Dates:
1855 to 1881
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Herman Haupt Civil War Military Transportation Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SC Photo-0001
Abstract
This collection contains an incomplete series of photographs taken by Andrew J. Russell under the direction of Herman Haupt. These photographs capture different methods for the construction and deconstruction of bridges and other engineering projects implemented during the Civil War to aid military transportation. These photographs are described in detail by Haupt in the accompanying text volume. A series of images, many of which appear to be illustrations of scenes depicted in the...
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Philip Schopp Sketchbook
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0157
Abstract
A manuscript notebook and sketchbook attributed to Philip (Phillip)
Schopp (1828-1893), a German immigrant who was a member of the 75th
Pennsylvania Volunteers Regiment in the American Civil War serving first
as a Captain and later promoted to Colonel before being discharged in 1862.
The notebook contains many superb illustrations mostly from the Schuylkill
Navigation System, the Union Canal, and a few from the Louisville-Portland Canal.
The drawings and notations reflect a career as a...
Dates:
1851-1886
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections