Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838

Abstract Loammi Baldwin, 1780-1838, was a civil engineer whose projects included canal construction and harbor improvement, railroads, water power projects, and city water supplies. The collection includes correspondence, reports, tide tables, cost estimates, drawings, notes, computations, and court records describing Baldwin's design and construction of dry docks for the United States Navy at Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Gosport (Norfolk), Virginia. Project materials date from between 1827 and...