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Railroad engineering.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on railroad engineering, including surveying, construction, maintenance and repair, operation, etc. treated collectively.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Carl D. Martland papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0697
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Carl D. Martland papers contain technical reports and notes from various railroad engineering research projects from 1968 to 2006. It also includes adminstrative records of and course notes for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 1968 to 2006.

Dates: 1968 - 2006

George M. Tompson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39080008715309]
Identifier: MC-0283
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection contains professional correspondence, mostly letters of reference for George M.Tompson, and two annotated copies of published engineers' texts.

Dates: 1871 - 1941

Samuel M. Felton diary and student notes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39080022094541]
Identifier: MC-0452
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of the diary of Samuel M. Felton, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The diary covers the time period June 10, 1872 to July 16, 1872, describing his travels through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Colorado, and the Rocky Mountains. The diary includes sketches of bridges and a list entitled "Dimensions of some of the longest - spans in the country - Trusses," which gives names, location, number of spans and length of eight bridges of the...
Dates: 1872 - 1872