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Troelsch bridge building papers: manuscript

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Description
Collection of technical observations and memoranda related to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The manuscript is made up of notes based on reports and information from H. C. Hunter, Fred A. Pneumann, and others, concerning anchorages, cable spinning (including a daily cable spinning report from 1935, December 3), and erection of the towers during the construction of the bridge. The manuscript contains numerous pencil drawings, diagrams, and two photographs of bridge cables. Henry W. Troelsch was assistant engineer at the American Bridge Company, the company responsible for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Type
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Production date
1935-1936.
Call number
mssHM 75947
Provenance
Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Associated people
Hunter, H. C.
Pneumann, Fred A.
Associated organization
Burndy Library,
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