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Box 16

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Caissons and Air Shaft - Notes

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Created: 1856-1896

Calculations of Pressure - Brooklyn Caisson

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Created: 1856-1896

Calculations of Weights, Buoyancy, Displacements - NY Caisson, 1871

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Other: 1871

East River Bridge

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Created: 1856-1896

Engineers and Assigned Work on the Bridge, 1883

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Other: 1883

Estimates of Contents of Masonry of Towers, 1868

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Other: 1868

Estimates for costs to complete the bridge, 1869-1882

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Other: 1869-1882

Estimates of Work and Materials by Contractors

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Created: 1856-1896

Estimates of Material on Hand, 1873

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Other: 1873

Estimates of total cost - East River Bridge

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Detailed notes and design drawings covering every facet of bridge construction, such as masonry towers, foundations and caissons, cable design, machinery, iron anchors, etc. Also included in this series are records regarding a lawsuit brought by James Eads and patent inquiries for various methods and machinery used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and patents are arranged chronologically.

Dates: Created: 1856-1896