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Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection II
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084-2
Abstract
The Birkinbine Engineering Company got its start through Henry P. M. Birkinbine. His son, John, gained early engineering experience through various water supply projects in and around Philadelphia; this experience later helped direct the Birkinbine Engineering Company’s involvement in many water-related projects around the country in the late 19th century as part of the improved public sanitation initiatives. The Birkinbine firm also specialized in mining engineering, both in the United...
Dates:
1840-1963
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects
George Augustus Horne Photographs, Class of 1899
Collection
Identifier: SC Photo-0029
Abstract
Twelve glass plate negative photographs of Lehigh campus buildings, both interior and exterior views circa 1898. The photographer and the donor collectively represent an extensive Lehigh family spanning two centuries.
Dates:
1897-1899
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Mine Inspection Trip Reports
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0036
Abstract
Three typescript reports of Lehigh University Mining Engineering Department’s mine inspection trips made 1922, 1924, 1926. Two of the reports are travelogue itineraries as well as noting mines and mills observed, the third is a more technical discussion of the mines visited. Reports are by Robert G. Pfahler EM‘23, George A. Howland EM’27, Robert A. Harrier EM’27, John P. Cox EM’27, and Paul W. Sinwell EM’27 all studying for the Engineer of Mining degrees. According to the notes in the...
Dates:
Event: 1922 - 1926
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections