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Kemp maintained a set of facsimile files on historic suspension bridges to conduct further research. This box contains clippings, articles, books, reports, handwritten notes, photographs, certificates and correspondence. It also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, journal articles, engineering drawings, maps, handwritten notes, lists, dissertations, photographs, drawings, correspondence, and clippings. Subjects include bridges in the United States, the Czech Republic and the British Isles; Montrose Bridge in Montrose, Scotland; Trinity Chain Pier in Edinburgh, Scotland; Brighton Chain Pier (also known as Royal Suspension Chain Pier) in Brighton, England; Findhorn Bridge in Inverness, Scotland; Menai Suspension Bridge in Anglesay, Scotland; the Runcorn Railway Bridge in Cheshire, England; the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England; the Yarmouth Suspension Bridge disaster in Great Yarmouth, England; and the Union Chain Bridge in Horncliffe, England. Other subjects include Davies Gilbert and Thomas Telford. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: 27 pages of book excerpts (1823-1828) and 1 page of clipping (1992).

Kemp maintained research files on bridges and engineering. The box includes facsimile book excerpts and facsimile engineering drawings. Subjects include railroad bridges, truss bridges, historic structures, the history of civil engineering and mechanics.

Kemp collected images of suspension bridges. This box includes originals and facsimiles of the following: drawings, photographs, engineering drawings, and correspondence. Subjects include bridges, suspension bridges, Charles Ellet Jr., John Roebling, James Finley, iron bridges, European suspension bridges, and suspension bridges in the United States (especially the Niagara Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, and bridges in Washington, DC and Pennsylvania).

Kemp collected images of suspension bridges. The box includes photographic facsimiles of materials preserved in books or at other institutions. Includes photographs, engineering drawings, drawings, and maps. Subjects include suspension bridges in Asia and Europe, especially those in Germany, France and Great Britain.