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Civil Engineering Works Photograph Collection
Item
Identifier: SC Photo-0020
Abstract
The collection of photographs illustrate various types of civil engineering works including the Whipple through truss railroad bridge, Pennsylvania through truss bridge, suspension bridges, cantilever bridges, reinforced concrete arch bridges and buttress dams. Among the bridge photographs are included the Brooklyn Bridge, the Firth of Forth Bridge, the Tay Bridge and Niagara Falls “Honeymoon” Bridge collapses, the Pecos River railroad trestle bridge and the “Luten Design” reinforced...
Dates:
1879-1984; Majority of material found within 1879-1984
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Fritz Engineering Laboratory Civil Engineering Research Documents 1925-1955
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0287
Abstract
In 1955 Fritz Engineering Laboratory, originally built by John Fritz in 1909-1910, dedicated a new seven-story addition known as the new Fritz Laboratory. From that time on there was a systematic filing of research reports. Before this date the research reports in Fritz Laboratory were not designated systematically. This collection of manuscripts was produced or collected by faculty prior to 1955.
Dates:
1925-1955
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Negatives and Photographs of Fritz Engineering Laboratory Tests and Events
Collection
Identifier: SC Photo 0013
Dates:
1900-1961
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects
Vinkovci, Croatia, Dam Construction Photograph Album: “The Contributions and Voluntary Work of the Citizens of Vinkovci built this Dam in 1953 to Serve the Economic and cultural improvement of our town and its surroundings…”
Collection
Identifier: SC Photo-0022
Abstract
A photographic record of the construction of a small concrete dam by citizens of Vinkovci, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). It appears to have been created for propaganda purposes for the young and growing Yugoslavian Socialist movement. A number of photographs of the builders of the dam.
Dates:
1953
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Willis Appleford Slater Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0100
Abstract
This collection is composed of the papers of Willis A. Slater, a Lehigh University civil engineering professor, chair of the department and director of Fritz Engineering Laboratory. The papers give insight into Slater's professional career as a civil engineer, particularly his work with reinforced concrete. The items contained in this collection range from 1910 to 1937 and include reports, blueprints, diaries, correspondence, photographs, and notebooks. Of particular interest are Slater's...
Dates:
1910 - 1937
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Willis Appleford Slater Papers, 1910-1937
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0100
Dates:
Inclusive Dates
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects