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Box 17

 Container

Contains 38 Results:

Navigation under Bridge - Notes and Sketches

 File — Box: 17, 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

Notes on Testing

 File — Box: 17, 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

Notes and Sketches

 File — Box: 17, 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: Created: 1856-1896

Patent Inquiry - Apparatus for Excavating, Sinking and Mining, 1830

 File — Box: 17, 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: Other: 1830

Patent Inquiry - Building and Working Under Water, 1841

 File — Box: 17, 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: 1841

Patent Inquiry - Method of Building or Forming Structures Under Water, 1853

 File — Box: 17, 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: 1853

Patent Inquiry - Improved Machine for Sinking Hollow Piles , 1866

 File — Box: 17, 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: 1866

Patent Inquiry - Apparatus to remove rocks and wrecks, 1868

 File — Box: 17, 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: Other: 1868

Patent Inquiry - Sinking Pneumatic Piles, 1870

 File — Box: 17, 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: 1870

Patent Inquiry - Henry Gifford's Injector

 File — Box: 17, 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