Ellet Correspondence, 1827-1848, 1829/1848
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- Box 330
- Scope and content:
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Kemp researched Charles Ellet Jr. as part of his restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, and he eventually published several articles on the nineteenth century engineer. This box contains facsimiles of Ellet's correspondence. The folders are primarily arranged by year. Subjects include the C&O Canal; the James River Canal; the Niagara Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River connecting Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada; the Fairmount Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; suspension bridges in general; wire cables; and Ellet's visit to France. Highlights include a letter Ellet addressed to the Marquis de Lafayette.
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
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