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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
Ventilation Investigation Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel (Holland Tunnel)
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0118
Abstract
A detailed pioneering engineering report determining the ventilation criteria for an underwater vehicular tunnel which became known as the Holland Tunnel. At its time of opening in 1927 the Holland Tunnel was known as the “eighth wonder of the world.”
Dates:
1921-1922
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
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- Albany Evening Journal 1
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- Carpenter, George W. (Superintendent) 1
- City of Albany, New York 1
- Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872 1
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- Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849 1
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