Preparing American Bridge Patents, 1828/2005
- Containers:
- Box 202
- Scope and content:
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Kemp co-wrote and edited the compendium, American Bridge Patents: The First Century (1790-1890). This box includes draft and research materials for the book, as well as research on other bridges. The box includes draft sections of the book, grant proposals, correspondence, articles, HAER reports, budget lists, photographs, contact sheets and slides. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographs, engineering drawings and patent applications. Subjects include the early patenting process for bridges; railroad bridges; suspension bridges; bridges of Ohio and Pennsylvania; fink truss bridges; the Zoarville Station Bridge in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; truss frames of bridges; iron girders; and publishing the survey of early bridge patents. Highlights include a pamphlet The Repertory of Patent Inventions written in 1828. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: eight sheets of engineering drawings (1992).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Parent restrictions:
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All or part of this collection is stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.
Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department.
- Parent terms of access:
- Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.