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William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers, 1900-1926 A&M 2946

William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers, 1900-1926 A&M 2946


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2946
Title
William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers 1900-1926
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195494
Quantity
1.7 Linear Feet, 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Downs, William S.
Location
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Language
English

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers, A&M 2946, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Downs was an engineering professor at West Virginia University and an engineer with the West Virginia State Road Commission. Includes records and photos of road-building projects in Bolivia and West Virginia, photograph albums of West Virginia hydro-electric plant construction, lists of lot owners for the area flooded by Cheat Lake, and a memoir of Downs' student years at West Virginia University, ca. 1905.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Beaver Hole Dam.
  • Bolivia
  • Cheat Haven and Baltimore Railroad
  • Cheat Lake (W. Va.)
  • Cheat River Power Project
  • Cheat area property owners.
  • Dams
  • Downs, William S.
  • Floods
  • Geology
  • Oil and Gas Industry and Fields.
  • Property Owners, Cheat Area.
  • Railroads
  • Road Construction.
  • Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes.
  • Water-power
  • West Virginia University -- Faculty
  • West Virginia University -- Students
  • West Virginia University. College of Engineering
  • West Virginia. State Road Commission

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Downs, William S.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Beaver Hole Dam.
  • Bolivia
  • Cheat Lake (W. Va.)
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Volume 1. Diary (Subjects include surveying the Cheat Lake area, drilling for oil, bridge building, and the Beaver Hole Dam)
1912 December-1914 October
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Volume 2. Mt. Park Land Company: Reports of William S. Downs at Cheat Haven
1911 September-1913 July
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Volume 3. Mountain Park Land Company -- Contracts & Special Reports: Cheat Haven and B.R.R. [Bruceton Railroad?]; Cheat River Hydro-Electric Company; Indexed (Facsimile of index)
1912 March-1913 January
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Volume 4. Clippings on the Cheat River power project
1912–1913
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Volume 5. Clippings on the Cheat River power project
1913–1914
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Volume 6. Crushing tests of sandstone from state line dam site
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Volume 7. Diary: Work on State Road Commission
1915 October-1919 March
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Volume 8. Diary: State Road Commission
1919 March-1922 January
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Diary [unknown author]
1919 March 24-1922 February 02
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Diary of William S. Downs
1915 October 15-1919 March 01