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Box 40

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Histories of some California power plants, 1905-1953

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 238
Scope and Contents

Includes brochures, journal articles, annual reports, newspaper clippings, etc. Power plants include selected PG & E facilities, Big Creek, Bear River, San Joaquin, Feather River, Shasta Dam, Folsom Dam, and Stanislaus.

Dates: 1905-1953

Correspondence on the history of engineering, 1945-1965

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 239
Series Scope and Contents From the Series:

The series consists of research files and notes compiled by Johnson for his study of the history of hydraulic engineering and hydraulic mining in California.

Dates: 1945-1965

Engineering History Committee, 1953-1955

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 240
Scope and Contents

Minutes of meetings, notes, correspondence, etc.

Dates: 1953-1955

Hunter Rouse correspondence, 1911-1978

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 241
Scope and Contents

Includes material on the Pelton water wheel, biographical information of Frederick Godfrey Hesse, etc.

Dates: 1911-1978

Pelton water wheel, 1953-1960

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 242
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, etc.

Dates: 1953-1960

Water wheels and other hydraulic mining equipment, 1946-1975

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 243
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, etc.

Dates: 1946-1975

Hydraulic mining, miscellaneous materials

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 244
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, news clippings, etc.

Dates: 1879-1978

Early history of Mechanics Dept., University of California, Berkeley, 1929-1958

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 245
Scope and Contents

Includes paper "Notes on the early history of the Mechanics Department", by Joseph N. LeConte, correspondence, etc.

Dates: 1929-1958