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Incoming correspondence to Mr. Swan [textual record, graphic material]

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File

Date:

1855-1865.

Reference:

R10925-2-X-E, Volume number: 2--3

Type of material:

Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

6078210

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Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company fonds

Company correspondence

Incoming correspondence to Mr. Swan
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1855-1865.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.3 meters of textual records
13 drawings : sketches, ink.

Language of material:

English

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This file consists of letters that were put in a letterbook (now, due to preservation purposes, they have been removed and placed in separate file folders). These were letters sent to William B. Swan, superintendent of the bridge during the 1850s. Some of the letters have the letterheads of the following companies:

Welland Railway Company
Buffalo City Rag and Paper Warehouse
Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway
Great Western Railway
Elmira, Canadagaigua, and Niagara Falls Railway
New York Central Railway
Albany Iron and Saw Works
Comptroller Office State of New York
Great Western Railway Agency
Grand Trunk Railway

A number of letters are signed by the engineer John A. Roebling, and include some of his drawings.

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Roebling, John A
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Niagara Suspension Bridge

Great Western Railway

Grand Trunk Railway

Engineering
Source:

Private
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Volume [R10925] 2--3

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